The transition from video game development to the gambling industry field is not an easy one, but some companies make it. Enter the Japanese developer Konami, who have successfully made the transition to designing and manufacturing both brick-and-mortar and online video slots in a prosperous career in the gambling business.
 
Today the video game industry represents $80 billion, though still dominated by consoles. The mobile platform is taking over this industry and will sure change the way we perceive it.
 
Some major video game savvies like Wood R.T. have stated:

The only major difference[between slots and video games] is that most video games do not offer the chance to win money by playing.

From Atari to mobile gaming?

 
Back in 1972, the first gaming console was Magnavox Odyssey. It sold 300,000 units and had no sound (go figure!). In a couple of years, Atari 2,600 beat them, selling some 30 million units in just a couple of years.
 
From then on, the number of consoles that dominated the market constantly changed from Sony’s PlayStation to Sega Saturn and Super Nintendo, to finally succumb to Xbox and Wii consoles that brought players a more sophisticated gaming experience.
 
Still, the gaming industry is starting to shake and wonder where this is all going, with the growing number of games specifically designed for smartphones, tablets and web browsers, bringing down the gaming console sales and dominating the gaming industry worldwide.
 
Now the industry is facing a new path that merges two aspects: the mobile revolution and the gambling industry, intertwined and gathering more and more followers.
 

The Konami way or the highway

 
The Konami transformation from making simple arcades to achieving a higher status of game designers and slot machine manufacturers shook the gambling industry and made other iGaming software developers pale in comparison.
 
Konami is responsible for famous slot titles found in brick-and-mortar and online casinos: the Rocky franchise slots, Money in the Bank, Cash Inferno, Atlantic Treasure and Pro Evolution Soccer, just to name a few.
 

OK Glass, let’s gamble!

 
Great gaming content is not easy to develop, it demands perseverance and a team of people that can create the perfect mixture of fun and entertainment, especially now, seeing how many video game developers are stepping into the gambling business.
 
The gambling industry is revolutionizing the entire gaming world, and we are yet to see its new linkages with the upcoming mobile gadgets (flexible LCD displays, E Ink, etc…), plus the future of online gambling with the soon-to-be-launched Google Glasses.