Games developers need people skills, industry says

LONDON - The games industry needs to train people who can work in teams, collaborate with marketing staff and generally have people skills, speakers on the keynote panel at the Game Developers Conference, Europe, said Wednesday. The days of the bedroom programmer are over, Jez San, founder of Argonaut Games PLC in Edgware, England, said. Smaller development companies working in their basements aren't likely to survive and the industry is likely to consolidate from today's 400 to 500 companies to around 50 over the next two years, he said. That means staff have to be able to work in that environment...