The future of the games industry lies with the internet and content delivered from central servers, a panel of game luminaries has predicted.
"Everything is moving towards the network," said Neil Young, general manager of EA Los Angeles.
Phil Harrison, Sony's head of worldwide studios, said: "Public utility computing is absolutely the future of the games industry."
The panel was assembled by developer Dave Perry to discuss industry issues.
The panel included online gaming pioneer Raph Koster, Fable creator Peter Molyneux and Dungeon Siege creator Chris Taylor.
"A huge game changer for our industry is for there not to be a requirement for there to be a machine in the home," said Mr Young.
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