Will Wright quotes

Will Wright is an American scientist and visionary game designer, best known for creating innovative simulation games such as SimCity and The Sims. His work has had a lasting impact on the video game industry and popular culture. He continues to inspire creativity and imagination through his groundbreaking interactive experiences. Here are 21 of his quotes:

Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii - the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement. (Will Wright)
It almost feels like a zombie at this point; it's the walking dead. It's such an abrupt end to what was E3, which had been this huge escalating arms race.... Right now we're in this kind of dicey, do we have an event, what event is it, which one do we go to? I think we're in an uncomfortable transition zone when really the real E3 died a couple of years ago. View quote
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I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it. View quote
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And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity. View quote
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Because now it's the fans out there that are entertaining us, the developers, with their creations! View quote
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A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior. View quote
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In a movie, one can always pull back and condemn the character or the artist when they cross certain social boundaries. But in playing a game, we choose what happens to the characters. In the right circumstances, we can be encouraged to examine our own values by seeing how we behave within virtual space. View quote
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On vacation, I totally unplug. I don't bring a laptop with me. View quote
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The console games, as they come out with this new generation, will have a temporary advantage in price performance, but there are still many things you can do on a PC, more conveniently than you can do on a console machine. View quote
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Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits. View quote
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I typically go overboard when I research new projects. (Will Wright)
It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers - the people in your physical vicinity. View quote
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Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing. View quote
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The new generation of consoles has as much power to do the kind of games that we do as the PC does. View quote
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In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there. View quote
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Everybody has a different definition of the good side. View quote
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I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it. View quote
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Players like to know that they've discovered things that even the designers didn't know were in the game. View quote
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And every now and then people find the bugs, and they interpret those as cool failures in the Sims terms. For them it's like a treasure hunt, you know. View quote
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We have spent quite a bit of time considering a good space game, and I can't really say anything at this point, but we are definitely still interested in that area. View quote
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Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license. (Will Wright)

Will Wright

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Photo: Official GDC, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Scientist
Born: January 20, 1960
Quotes count: 21
Wikipedia: Will Wright

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