

by Mark Barley
John Smedley doesn't want to employ you if you don't play games
Sony Online Entertainment's president John Smedley apparently doesn't want to be your boss if you don't play video games.
Speaking in the latest edition of EDGE, between gaming sessions of EVE Online and Planetside 2, stated;
“I really play. I’m in a Null-sec corp, the whole bit. The games I’m playing right now are Planetside 2, Dota 2 and Eve. Eve used to be the forefront game, but now it’s the background game because I don’t have a choice, I’m having too much fun in Planetside 2. And Dota 2 I’m playing a lot with my kids right now,” he said.
“In my opinion, people that don’t play games have no business in this business. It should be the gamers-only club, I think. I can’t stand people that don’t know what they’re talking about when it comes to playing these things.”
Smedley has stated that SOE will begin to move all of their titles into the free-to-play genre after the success of DC Universe Online.
“In my opinion, people that don’t play games have no business in this business. It should be the gamers-only club, I think. I can’t stand people that don’t know what they’re talking about when it comes to playing these things.”