Pro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoFounder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comimagemessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1283arrow-down1imageFounder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comPro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square137linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoYet another example of: C Suite / Upper Management doesn’t listen when a seasoned software engineer of some kind points out an extremely obvious medium/long-run problem with the business model they’re being asked to either functionally invent, or massively contribute to.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoThe goal is to lose money to capture the market and once it is done, to recoup their loss and bleed the market dry.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoYes, but if they can’t actually pull off the last part… uh… that doesn’t end well.
Yet another example of:
C Suite / Upper Management doesn’t listen when a seasoned software engineer of some kind points out an extremely obvious medium/long-run problem with the business model they’re being asked to either functionally invent, or massively contribute to.
The goal is to lose money to capture the market and once it is done, to recoup their loss and bleed the market dry.
Yes, but if they can’t actually pull off the last part… uh… that doesn’t end well.