Idea of the day: Video game democracy
Seth Schiesel, the must-read video game critic at the NY Times offers a year-end recap that included this item, which offers advice for businesses beyond the gaming world:
“This year CCP of Iceland . . . invited the more than 200,000 players of Eve Online to vote for nine representatives from around the world to convey their concerns and suggestions about the game to the company. That alone was innovative. Then the company flew them to Iceland to sit down for a few days with the game’s developers. The company has committed to repeating the process about every six months, which makes this an idea that ought to spread beyond the game world. Maybe Microsoft should allow Windows users to vote for an officially recognized gripe committee. Maybe the airlines could have their chief executives sit down with an elected panel of frequent flyers twice a year. Hey, who says games can’t make the world a better place?”
It is a great idea. I wonder if Comcast would do something like this because I have a list of gripes for them from here to Iceland.
Hopefully companies that are not gamers who consider this aren’t looking at it as a PR scheme, it’s Christmas why am I being so skeptical.