Gaming all-stars reflect on 30 years of a dynamic industry

The gaming industry has had an interesting 30 years.

Many of the industry’s biggest names took the stage at the Game Developer’s conference in San Francisco today to look at how technology and trends have changed the industry. Chris Crawford started the first GDC, then known as the Computer Games Developer Conference, in 1987 in his living room. He was the first to speak, showing just how far technology has come. He noted that his computer today now has 2,000 times more memory than the one he had 30 years ago. The user base for desktop PCs has gone from 100 million to billion. Consoles have gone from 62 million to 600 million. Today, we have new gaming markets like tablets and smartphones.