Saudi Arabia Is Investing $38 Billion to Become a Video-Game Hub

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Barozi said:

Shatts said:

Honestly tho, I wondered the same thing for Microsoft. Why don't they just expand and improve on themselves rather than targeting others. But I guess that's what happens when you have immense wealth, just so much easier and faster.

Very naive thinking. How is that supposed to work? Clone developers? There's a limited amount of workforce and all companies in that industry are competing for them. You can't hire what doesn't exist. Besides, you just compared a private company to a government.

There's no difference between opening new studios and then poach experienced developers from other studios to fill up the vacant positions or just straight up buying entire studios. You can't just fill up all the spots with newbies.

It's called investing in education, both basic and specialized, and investing in the industry in a way that makes it approachable for the people of Saudi Arabia to play games, therefore creating interest from within and creating a path for these people to actually work in the industry. Of course, this is a long-term approach with the intent of making the lives of the people in the country better and allowing them to chase dreams they currently can't. None of this is what the Saudi government are looking for, obviously - their reasoning for doing any of this is what it's always been, money-washing. Best to get it done quick.