Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business'

ylai@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago

Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business'

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 7 months ago

Oh yeah I’m sure the lack of a profit motive would just make games amazing 🙄

kudos@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago

Profit isn’t the issue, it’s having to continually show outsized profit growth rates to keep shareholders happy that’s the problem. Look at private companies like Valve for comparison.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 7 months ago

Exactly

Jomega@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Great art was never created for its own sake /s.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 7 months ago

And people never spend money on things based on how good they are /s

Jomega@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Things are often better when the people making them give a shit.

thesporkeffect@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Do you exclusively play sports game [current year]?

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 7 months ago

Nope. Thank god there’s a free market and therefore I have options.