Trip Hawkins
Trip Hawkins
Trip Hawkinsis an American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, and Digital Chocolate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth28 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
summer winter chocolate
Digital Chocolate has 60% of its developers in Finland where the sun never sets in the summer and there is nothing to do outside in the winter, so we are very productive!
successful japan important
I can't tell you how important it was for us to be successful in japan.
waiting wanted something-better
If you always wanted to wait for something better, you'd never buy anything, right?
people titles problem
The only problem we've had is the amount of time it's taking people to develop titles.
generations next rendering
With our next generation hardware, polygon rendering will probably be an area we'll get more heavily into.
technology events share
But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share.
way scared being-scared
The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared.
trying machines titles
And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time.
years guy four
So the guy that we're really targeting our system at this year is one of the guys who brought a 16bit system three or four years ago and has pretty much had it with that, and he's ready to buy something new.
keys games focus
We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the marketing effort was targeted at game customers.
mistake successful entrepreneur
If you're going to be a successful entrepreneur, you're going to have to be somebody who can tolerate a high rate of change, you have to be willing to put a lot more hours into it, you have to tolerate the fact that you're going to make more mistakes and have a culture that responds to that.
moments arcades fashionable
Polygons are fashionable at the moment - particularly in the arcades.
running two made
None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.
healthy pace gamer
Online console gaming will continue to grow at a healthy pace.