The games industry is screwed. [26:11] (youtu.be)

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I spent well over a month talking to investors to get the actual data behind what’s happening to the games industry. I was going to say “enjoy!” but it’s, uh, not great.

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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

Alanah is great - and this isn't totally surprising. The enshittification will continue until profits improve.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 2 months ago

But but why are the studios who are focusing on making quality games doing okay?! - asks the profit focused studios

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

Sorry, best we can do is cancel that game from the developers of Critically Acclaimed Game and lay off all of the developers.

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