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I reckon you could half the teamsize of every game company, split them into other companies, give the workers complete control over whatever they make and every single one of their games would be better for it.

The audiences would be smaller because the games they make would aim to be really really really good at one specific niche thing. But they'd be better games at what they try to be.

The curse of AAA gaming is the goal of trying to appeal to literally everyone simultaneously instead of specialising in a niche and serving that niche audience in highly advanced ways.

You'd get more games and they'd be better.

If we fire everyone who makes games nobody will make bad games

What does the can of paint mean

talentless devs

decades of ruthless corporate consolidation, monetization, and exploitation of young talent

Definitely one of these two things

Can we fire the gamers? Into a pit?

Most armchair designers are interested in design minutia because that’s what they’ve consumed video essays about and that’s what they think real developers spend most of their time doing. Content about bad working conditions is depressing and not nearly as eye catching as some of the other shortcomings of big game dev companies. So yeah, this checks out.

Okay but the original post is fucking stupid though. The idea that you can't have problems with the aesthetics of a medium because of tbe exploitation of the workers is nonsense and should be fucking dunked on. Like nobody would call you a bad person for saying Marvel films have bad scores or poorly written dialogue no matter how shitty Disney is to their employees.

Surprised he didn’t blame it on diversity hires

i agree but only in the sense that the AAA industry should die a quick death and all games should be published by Devolver

I'm really sick and tired of people that consume treats think that have any idea the work that goes into making them

I'm a developer (currently studying for CS Master's SAT) and I have taken an interest in the game industry for long

Lemme tell ya something, IT'S FUCKING HORRIBLE, the working hours, conditions, wage and benefits are outright dog shit compared to other parts of the industry. Video game developers unironically need a union

Honestly, I kind of agree, but for different reasons. The industry needs to crash just to deprive them of treats and shut them up. They do not deserve the ability to speak let alone entertainment

Bonus points if the guy who replies is a programmer at a corporate job where most people work at a pretty glacial pace.

The other things G*mers whine about is "woke" and not the layoffs/abuse of workers by the industry

I had zero idea what the original tweet was even referring too, that means I'm not terminally online after all, thank God

You ruined my treats with representation, so you deserve homelessness