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I've never seen a company squander as much goodwill as Blizzard. (lemmy.world)

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It seems that publicly traded game companies simply can't help themselves from becoming this (e.g. Activision/Blizzard, Ubisoft, EA).

It's very sad, but at least there are still a few private AAA companies and indies who seem to make fun games for the sake of fun games.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago

Once you go public, you've practically forced yourself into aiming for infinite growth. "Just enough" revenue is not in the vocabulary of these people

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 42 points 2 months ago

That’s what happens when MBAs start making too many product decisions at a tech company, and game companies are no exception.

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Not even just game companies. Publicly traded companies are a curse on humanity.