glukozavr, Reading through #pressreset by Jason Schreier and it triggers me so much.
That’s an essence of what is wrong with this world. This obsessiveness over exponential growth. #capitalism with no safeguards that can burn the world to ashes. Exterminating every authentic bit for the sake of optimizing for raw profit.
That’s not what games should be about. That’s not what business should be about.
#gamedev #bookstodon #videogames
Page photo with highlighted text: EA weren't content hitting singles and doubles; they demanded home runs. Executives at EA needed to show shareholders that their profis were growing exponentially every year… "This idea that if I made $10 million this year, I’m successful, but if next year I make $10 million, I'm not. My stock goes down. I'm not showing growth."
Page photo with highlighted text: From EA's point of view, if Dead Space wasn't growing exponentially, then it must be niche, and if it was niche, then EA wanted nothing to do with it, even if it was profitable.
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