Ex-EA CEO John Riccitiello convinced game industry is expanding, not shrinking

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Some worrisome chin-waggling’s going on in the game industry, focused on topics such as what will be the next big gaming platform and what will come out as the next dominant trend — and if signs are pointing toward this generation being the console market’s ride into the sunset.

Among the predictors of the future, former EA CEO and industry investor John Riccitiello decided to bring his own stats and figures that illustrate a very positive scenario for the industry as a whole. “What we’ve got is a boom like I’ve never seen before,” he said Wednesday during a chat at GamesBeat 2013.