Dean Takahashi talks with Stanley Pierre-Louis at GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse.
Dean Takahashi talks with Stanley Pierre-Louis at GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse.
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ESA CEO: Why diversity matters for the metaverse

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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When it comes to diversity, the metaverse will represent a huge opportunity to amplify diverse voices and creators. That’s the view of Stanley Pierre-Louis, CEO of the game industry trade group the Entertainment Software Association.

In a fireside chat with me at our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse online event, Pierre-Louis said that the beginning of a new platform is a time when you can get the foundations right when it comes to diversity so that the platform can attract diverse audiences irrespective of age, race, culture, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.