{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Futurecaster Podcast with Kimberly Bates","title":"Gaming Insider: The Next Billion Players Won't Use Consoles: They'll Live in AI Worlds. $200B Disruption | Mike Romo, DDM (Future of Gaming)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5255d838\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1889,"description":"Can Generative AI, AI NPCs, and Roblox Studio AI really replace game developers? The $200B gaming industry is at a breaking point. Despite record revenue, 80% of gaming stocks have entered the \"Red Zone\".\nFrom the Roblox AI revolution to the rise of Autonomous NPCs, futurist Kimberly Bates and Mike Romo (VP, Strategic Development at DDM) unpack how generative AI gaming is disrupting development, the AAA model crisis, why single-player games are thriving, and why Roblox is still winning with players, as new investment stagnates.\nOn top of that, \"AI Slop\" is now competing with human storytelling & creativity, driving the industry's biggest Human Game Developer debate. Some think AI is hurting gaming. Others are inventing new Indie games with it.\nThey also reveal what it will mean for the next billion players who will live in worlds that truly 'remember' them, how AI productivity tools are rewiring coding and the gaming ecosystem, and where human creativity will still matter tomorrow.\nNext, AI CEO Nick Connor joins them, and they dive into how gaming is bleeding into other industries: education, social connection, fitness, sleep, and even mental health, and what this means for the future of the industry.\nWhat You’ll Learn:How DDM scales world-class IP and facilitates major gaming mergers. Why 50% of all playtime is locked into these 10 gaming titles.How 9,000+ jobs were cut during a record-revenue year.Why human creativity remains the ultimate \"North Star.\"Why the highest-cost games are now the biggest financial liabilities.The death of \"scripted\" NPCs and the rise of autonomous agents with memory.Why the \"Next Billion Players\" aren't on consoles, but in generative AI worlds.How gaming is blurring the lines between play, mental health, and education.If you are interested in where the gaming industry is headed next, you will not want to miss this!\nChapters \n00:00 Intro: The Generative AI Gaming & Microsoft Copilot Revolution\n01:52 - Mike Romo’s origin story in the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XtkbRufZhKlH08hGpjW_XizBlkI8HvF4dWkTh_mHceY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iMjNi/ZmFhYzIwYTg3ZmM4/MTAzMmFhNmEyM2Nm/NjhhMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}