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Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss
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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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Amazon’s the only one I think could make a dent if they got serious about breaking into the gaming market.
Netflix can’t even make decent shows anymore, Apple would be too expensive or mobile focused, and Google can’t commit to anything.
Amazon already got serious several years ago, invested tons of money in their dev studios, bought huge licences, recruited talented people and still mostly failed to this day. I remember reading an article about Amazon's very hierarchical corporate structure that killed any attempt at the creativity needed to make a successful game but I can't seem to find it
I don't believe for a second that any of these big tech companies have a chance of making a significant dent in the videogame market, it's just too far from their own expertise
Yeah, would make sense that Amazon’s “disposable” approach to employees would fuck them over with something like this.
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.
Serious AA titles, no. But apps? I can see that happen quite easily.