boo one@lemmy.one to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony bosswww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkGoogle, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony bosswww.rockpapershotgun.comboo one@lemmy.one to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNetflix can just throw money to attract game devs. They use this strategy for their mobile games and the games are actually pretty good, way better than the usual microtransaction-laden mobile games.
minus-squareEnglishMobster@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI’m a AAA game dev and a number of former co-workers are at Netflix nowadays. Like, a suspiciously high number. They can’t tell me anything (of course), but I can put two and two together.
Netflix can just throw money to attract game devs. They use this strategy for their mobile games and the games are actually pretty good, way better than the usual microtransaction-laden mobile games.
I’m a AAA game dev and a number of former co-workers are at Netflix nowadays. Like, a suspiciously high number.
They can’t tell me anything (of course), but I can put two and two together.