Apple voted largest influence on video game industry

November 3 2011, 3:51pm

In a questionnaire from the London Games Conference, participants were asked to rank the most influential people and products to the video game industry. Of the 1,000 video game professionals that were surveyed, it was revealed that Steve Jobs and the iPhone had a bigger impact on video games than Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony combined. The results for top products were: iPhone: 17% Wii: 7% Xbox Live: 3% PlayStation One: 3% Steam: 2% The results for top influential people were: Steve Jobs 26% Gabe Newell 16% Shigeru Miyamoto 7% Tim Berners-Lee 4% Mark Zuckerberg 3% What do you think of these results? What industry leaders and products are most influential to you as a game developer? Source: The Escapist