James Brooksby, CEO at Doublesix, the developers behind All Zombies Must Die!, has spoken out about his fears for the future of the games industry in the UK.
Speaking yesterday at the Westminster Media Forum (and then picked up by Games Industry International), Brooksby said: "Having come back from GDC I saw excitement and fear in equal measure, I saw dismay and triumph. A step to the next generation of classical consoles seems to have fear in a lot of peoples' eyes."
"It still seems pretty scary for a lot of people, for developers and publishers alike. I think people will stick to proven development houses or in-house development which is going to be a challenge for the game development industry in the UK, and will probably mean there's going to be less people around of that scale."
"People are excited by all the new ways in which they can make, distribute and monetise their games. We're almost spoilt for choice," he added before explaining further. "Even though digital distribution is much heralded as the way forward, if you follow this route it's clear to many that these markets have changed and change very quickly."
It's not all doom and gloom, he still expects there to be innovation from smaller companies, his concern is that high risk development for consoles may push developers into working on less dangerous platforms.
"Some of the excitement around small developers creating innovative games and reaping lots of rewards - on console that will be the exception rather than the rule. We're going to see more of those stories on smartphones, tablet and the trusty old PC."