“The best gamers in the world” channel
I’ve been reading the Joystiq hands-on: Project Gotham Racing 3. I am SO looking forward to this game.
But that’s not what this is about. But the ability to watch the best gamers in the world race anytime inside the game:
“Enter Gotham TV—here’s were things get interesting. Inside this mode you’ll find the Heroes Channel, your Friends Channel, a gallery of your snapshots, and also your recorded replays. The Heroes Channel (…) provides you with viewing access to the Top 50 racers in the world (on Live). If you’re watching a race you can hop in and out of the perspectives all of the cars that are racing, utilizing the different view modes and camera options available. The Heroes Channel has tested up to 300,000 viewers watching a single race.”
The Heroes Channel will be very popular. People will want to watch the best players in the world driving. It will compete with “normal” tv-channels.
And after watching amazing races in PGR3, with cameras everywhere, what will happen when you watch normal races? They need to be TOP quality. Lots of cameras. Superslows. Inboard cameras. Everything you got used to in the games. Same goes with other sports. People will of course want to see the real thing. But the games will compete more and more.
The next logical step would is to let people watch the real games on their game consoles as they happen. Let me play WRC with Solberg and Loeb live as they drive. Let me sail the Volvo Ocean Race with the boats – live. Let me cycle the Tour de France with Lance.
Let me watch replays from games on the game console. With my own choice of camera angles. Let me see Superbowl on the Xbox 360 or PS3. Whenever something happens, I can use the console to see the situation from every possible angle. Add some microchips in the shoes, gloves and t-shirts of the players. And the ball. FIFA is already doing tests with a ball with a small chip inside to signal to the referee when it is a goal. So the technology is already there.
My bet: Superbowl 2007 will be live on Xbox and Playstation.
Also read my article about running and training online – on how to make it possible to compete with Lance Armstrong and Sebastian Loeb with your Xbox or PS3.
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