Ubisoft CEO foresees the day when 5 billion people play games

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot foresees the day when 5 billion people will play games. In the company’s earnings report today, he said that will happen over the next decade as games continue to find new platforms and expand their reach across the globe.

“The video game industry is at the dawn of a deep-seated transformation, which, as barriers between platforms and between geographic regions continue to disappear, should allow us to reach 5 billion players over the coming 10 years,” Guillemot said, in a statement. “These major changes will be driven in large part by the growing success of console and PC franchises on mobile and the advent of cloud gaming. The latter will allow for, among other things, appealing multiscreen offerings and the creation of amazing new experiences that make use of unprecedented technological capacities. A clear indicator of the future scale of this transformation is how an increasing number of platforms are competing with one another to obtain quality content and access to communities of engaged players.”