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13 Dec 2024

This is the way. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

pcgamer.comLarian boss Swen Vincke calls out pretty much the entire videogame industry at The Game AwardsVincke returned to The Game Awards to share the secret formula of running a successful studio: "It's stupidly simple, but it keeps on getting lost."

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

This also applies to the rest of the software industry to be honest.

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Sam Rose

@samwho.dev

13 Dec 2024

I feel like it could apply to any creative endeavour.

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

13 Dec 2024

Maybe but I do find that the software industry is particularly bad. So many software companies focus more on extracting cash from their customer than adding value. I see more and more Dark UI patterns.

Sam Rose

@samwho.dev

13 Dec 2024

I agree, though I wonder to what extent I see that only because I’m deeply embedded within the software world. I do also appreciate that caring about things other than money is a luxury that lots of individuals, game studios, film companies, record labels, etc. do not have.

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

13 Dec 2024

I don’t think the CEO of EA games has a second job cleaning toilets. Caring about things other than short term profits is not a luxury. It is a personal value. Otherwise how come larger companies are always much worse than startups ?