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Investors on the state of video games: "We are investing, but the bar is so much higher" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 9 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The book that explained all this is now almost 50 years old and people still try to add more bodies to speed up development.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 9 months ago

I don't know where you two got this but that isn't happening anywhere in the game investing business. If anything, they fire people. They always make sure they threaten smaller studios with termination if they don't succeed, that has been the model for decades.