The state of the Industry and Capitalism

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Azzanation said:

RolStoppable said:

Let me be the first one to say that the original post is a disgusting piece of pro-Xbox propaganda. I say this, because it is.

Valve is different because they hardly make any games to begin with. So no good reason to point them out as a good example.

Nintendo does have to answer to shareholders. In the past Nintendo did have to explain to them why they aren't laying off game developers. Their answer was that game developers are an asset necessary to drive future growth, because video games are central to the video game business. So if Phil Spencer was given the choice like the the original poster suggests, then Phil's answer should have been what Nintendo said.

Capitalism isn't the problem here. Microsoft's ineptitude at gaming, including everyone who works in the Xbox division, is.

Let me be the first to reply. 

Valve make games.

Both Valve and Nintendo dont have parant companies to fill their pockets. Decisions are all internal. Watch it change if one gets brought out.

Capitalism is the problem because the gaming industry has become more corporate now than it was in the 80s and 90s. 

Also, wtf, propaganda? You alright?

I work in a head office with corporate suits, i see and hear the exact same things happen outside of gaming. People just believe gaming is a passion industry where companies make games and dont care about money when its the exact opposite. Its become a moneypit for corpos.

People are starting to see the reality of the industry. Its not a fairyland filled with volunteer workers sacrificing themselves to make games for us. Its filled with paid workers and suits who all act the same way with any other industry.

It reads like propaganda because you pre-emptively excluded Nintendo for all the wrongs reasons, this is probably because you know your inaccurate observations are only passable if you get to pick and choose the players you can apply your said observations to. 

While I have not been active online recently, last I checked, Nintendo is a publicly owned company with vicious shareholders like freaking Mohammad Bin Salman.

I know many are trying really hard to set the narrative that this is an industry wide problem when in reality, the biggest company in the world can play by a different set of rules if they want to, just like Nintendo does, but the truth is; this is MS just being MS. 

Now, do I believe that things are being blown out of proportion? Partly, yes, but the lack of "we are listening" tweets and the follow-up podcast by Phil Spencer makes me strongly suspect there is a lot more to come. He may have realised, organically, that he needs to talk less, but the timing is too convenient. Let's watch this space.