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I imagine there's a chicken-and-egg phenomenon at work here - until there are a number of games with scents the gadget won't attract a large number of gamers, a
by JacobAldridge 16y ago
I imagine there's a chicken-and-egg phenomenon at work here - until there are a number of games with scents the gadget won't attract a large number of gamers, and until it attracts a large number of gamers there won't be incentive for a number of game developers to add scents.
If / When it works as a business, it will likely involve some kind of key relationship with a large distributor of either games or gamers. If Microsoft said 'the Kinect rocked, and the next thing we're doing is launching ScentScape' it would motivate developers; if Blizzard said 'we're adding ScentScape capability to the next WoW release' then a lot of gamers would go buy it.
Launching it independently of either channel is difficult.
- dholowiski 16y agoDifficult, sure, but all that Valve needs to do is announce "Portal 3, I can smell the Cake" and throw in a free ScentScape (with starter smell cartridge) with the deluxe boxed set, and it's mainstream on launch day.
- JacobAldridge 16y agoI think that was kinda my point as well - if a developer or 'gamer distributor' (like MSFT or Sony) supported the product, it would avoid the chicken-and-egg problem. In their absence, it would be difficult.
- philwelch 16y agoThere weren't many games for a guitar controller until Guitar Hero came out. Didn't seem to hurt. Video games are like $60 already, and even more with a custom controller bundle. I'm pretty sure if anyone actually wanted a smelly videogame they'd buy the bundle.