Against the Industry (Malstrom)

[Khuutra]

MontanaHatchet said:

Khuutra said:

You need to read the whole thing. Part of what he dislikes about the industry is that it's so easy for people to lose their jobs, because there is an artificial turnover rate created whenever people try to buck trends and create somethign that's actually new. It's like the heead of Activision said vis-a-vis taking the fu out of making games: Maelstrom detests that mindset.

Maelstrom would argue that a large part of their struggles is because they are greedy, and consumers are rejecting their valuee propositions over and over.

He may be arrogant, but that does not change the core of what he's saying.

I did read that part. He says that people lose their jobs because young employees enter the workforce and replace them. That's normal for any industry. I have no idea what you just said about Activision, but I'm sure he detests a lot of things. He can call the industry greedy, but then you'd have to wonder if what he says is largely true. If developers mainly cared about the money, would there be a stream of great games like the ones we're seeing today? There's always going to be a lot of games that are ripoffs or games that don't provide a lot of value or games that are just like every other one out there, that's not exclusive to this generation. In fact, it was actually pretty common in the older generations, or those good old says.

Yeah. Greed does not preclude greatness, which is part of why consumers are almost - almost - willing to take the shit that companies try to shovel in alongside that sweet gaming gold.

It was there before, sure. It's just getting worse. Maelstrom thinks that mindset needs to stop. I agree with him.