Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2019年12月 亞博匯 84 FEATURES T o all who live in or visit Macau, it’s easy to see the rich cultural compendium that comprises Asia’s gaming hub. A vast collaboration of countless communities and cultures populate a diverse ecosystem that has been nurturing the gaming industry with an array of skills and technologies that have been key to the SAR’s rapid development. Yet much of this has come with a heavy reliance on foreign assets and expertize. Sensitive to such evidence, there is a new generation of locals looking to turn the situation on its head – none moreso than Macau-born technology firm GameSource. “The challenge is there for local companies,” explains Anthony Ip, CEO of GameSource. “Are you willing to be a copycat? Will you just follow what is already mature or do you want a fresh start? “GameSource chose the difficult way. It’s a difficult, but exciting way. As a technologist or as a technology company, I always do things for this belief. If I can't be number one, I would rather not do it. “I guess we want to be an example to local people, including all the talents who are living in this territory. We can go beyond. We can export as well. It’s just a matter of the framework we are introducing to the gaming industry – whether it can help the industry go to another level. “We believe it can and that's why we work hard on that. It’s tough, difficult, because if I follow somebody else’s framework it would be much easier, but then I won’t have my uniqueness.” The uniqueness GameSource’s CEO refers to promises to deliver a revolution in the way the gaming industry relates to computing technologies. “The internet changed our world,” Ip continues. “We use technology to enable and give our business partners the chance of success by creating something new, a new gaming experience, something that the old technology framework cannot enable.” GameSource is working on developing a platform that essentially opens up the market by acting as a central hub for everyone, from game developers to 為 那些正在澳門居住或者正探訪澳門的人，很 容易就會看到組成這個亞洲博彩樞紐的豐富 文化精要。無數的社區及文化之間的合作，結 合成一個多元的生態系統，以不同的技術及 科技，一直滋養著博彩業，並成為特區急速發 展的重要因素。 但在很多這些事情上，都對於外國的資產及專業技術有很 深的依賴。而由於對此情況深有感受，一班新一代的本地人正嘗 試把整個局面扭轉，當中的佼佼者是出自本土的科技公司Game- Source聚遊。 該公司的行政總裁葉航解釋道：「為本地公司而言，挑戰的確 存在。」 「你是否只是想成為一個模仿者？你是否只是跟隨那些別人 已經做得很成熟的事？又或者你想要一個新開始呢？」 「GameSource選擇了比較艱難的那條路。而這條路雖然艱 辛，但卻更加讓人感到興奮。作為一個科技業者或者一間科技公 司，我經常都為這信念去做事情。如果我不能成為第一，那我就寧 願不做。」 「我想我們希望成為本地人的一個模範，包括所有居住在這 個特區內的人才。我們希望更進一步。我們也能夠出口。這取決於 我們希望向博彩業引介的框架，以及到底這個框架能否把行業帶 到另一個台階。」 「我們相信它能夠做到這事，而這也是我們如此努力的原 因。這實在十分棘手和困難，因為如果我跟隨別人的框架的話，將