boo one@lemmy.one to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGoogle, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony bosswww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkGoogle, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony bosswww.rockpapershotgun.comboo one@lemmy.one to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-squareEnglishMobster@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoI’m a AAA game dev and a number of former co-workers are at Netflix nowadays. Like, a suspiciously high number. They can’t tell me anything (of course), but I can put two and two together.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoGame streaming. They’ve already discussed it publicly.
minus-squarefalsem@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIf they pay their game devs anywhere near what they pay the rest of their devs then that’s got to be the easiest career decision ever.
I’m a AAA game dev and a number of former co-workers are at Netflix nowadays. Like, a suspiciously high number.
They can’t tell me anything (of course), but I can put two and two together.
Game streaming. They’ve already discussed it publicly.
If they pay their game devs anywhere near what they pay the rest of their devs then that’s got to be the easiest career decision ever.