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'We don't have shareholders, but we also don't think about them,' Larian Studios uses its stage time at the DICE Awards to speak out against a brutal industry climate (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (10 children)

Privately-owned companies with no ties to venture capitalists are just plain better than corpos that worry too much about "line go up".

Facts.

[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (8 children)

But what does it mean for the studio if line goes down? They still need to worry about if their team will be able to be paid.

[–] Tedrow@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You can have deep wells if cash if your profit doesn't go to shareholders. This can help sustain your team when times are tough.

[–] andyquest@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

Though I share your shareholders are bad sentiment, it ain't that simple

Apple has the most cash out of any company in the world and they're still "giving their profit to shareholders"

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