Highwaygames, through The Games Network (TGN), has recently negotiated an arrangement that sees the latest games and software being played in the China market. With over 40,000,000 current cable subscribers boasting speeds of 4megabytes per second, the details of game play will be staggering.
What this means is that a person can sit at home and play arcade style games through to tournament play in live settings where the data change is instant. Players can play in a team or solo, with games ranging from Street Fighter through to Diablo to online redemption. There will also be a live community with instant game news updates, prizes, and tournament updates with rankings.
It is a truly exciting project that will see the next change in our industry. A person can go to Channel 2 and rent the latest movie, Channel 3 to pay bills, Channel 4 for games and so on.
With restrictions in arcade centres in China, together with a ratio of 10 cable subscribers to 1 computer owners, software companies can be almost assured of better market penetration. Since all software is securely kept on cable servers, the chance of piracy is also eliminated.
Presently, Highwaygames is negotiating with software designers and manufacturers who have an interest in providing software or becoming equity partners in TGN. If you would like to be involved or would like more details please contact
steve@highwaygames.com.
