During the Tenerife Games Lab, Peter Molyneux reflects on his work and his hope for a new fairy tale,as well as NFT inside role in the future of the industry. Most importantly, Molyneux traveled to Tenerife to work with companies, studios and industry members on a common strategy to compete globally and make European video games valuable.
He did so in front of the journalists present, including Gamereactor, underlining that the origin of video games is in Europe, which “should be the homeland of video games”:
“The first thing is, we’re talking about issues, about funding development studios with talent. How do you bring that talent to people? How do you get kids to want to be in the game industry? How do you get kids to understand that is it not just playing all the time? (…) For me, I think the bigger question is should Europe be the home of the game. I’m afraid maybe it’s not the home of the game. It’s more in the United States, more in China, more in Japan. These days Here, we must unite and make it the home of the game.
He goes even further, talking about the way we work and the strengths we need to leverage in terms of talent at the border:
“They (Europe) have to take more risks in terms of game design. (…) If they have an idea, they have to take it and make sure it is still held by Europe.
Finally, Molyneux suggested that when a game is released (be it Spain, England, Portugal or any other country of origin) there should be a little more pride and “more celebration of the origins of the game”.
