2y ago

Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss

www.rockpapershotgun.com

Not directly linux gaming, but still think that its kind of relevant and interesting.

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2y ago

Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss

www.rockpapershotgun.com /google-netflix-apple-and-amazon-are-the-barbarians-at-the-gate-of-the-games-industry-says-ex-sony-boss

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Google forgot why they were there at the gate, and started making yet another messaging platform
- Yeah, I'd be worried about Apple if they ever got serious about gaming other than mobile games. Netflix and Amazon are medium concerns, though there's a good chance they'd go for mobile games for any sort of gaming push. Google just lost any trust they ever might've had with game developers by killing off Stadia.
  
  Yeah, the mess Google made of Stadia pretty much guarantees that, even if they try to get into the games industry again, nobody will have any trust or goodwill towards them.
Those barbarians are pretty bad guys - Nero
- TBH that Sony boss isn't as bad as other Sony bosses.
  It's interesting to see how scared big gaming honchos are of Google and Amazon "becoming the Disney of games" (see the leaked Microsoft emails), when Google's gaming thing is already dead and Amazon still haven't managed to make something worth playing.
  
  Yeah Nero wasn't that bad, at least he didn't invent loot boxes and gaas
- This is a beautiful comment.
I think most people have caught on to the fact that large corporations generally put out utter shit quality games and to stay away from them.
- Gamepass has proven there's a cake in the oven, and big tech wants all the slices.
  
  Lol. I always chuckle when people recommend gamepass when you can download and keep most of the games cheaper with a VPN.
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.
- The only thing Amazon has produced is a mediocre MMO. They've been too busy chasing fads to try to put out anything that's just a quality game.
- 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.
- Apple's managed to become a credible player in the TV space in a few short years by, essentially, hiring some competent veteran executives to run the thing and throwing buckets of money at it; I think any sufficiently motivated big tech company could do the same thing with games.
  
  IMHO, AppleTV is the new HBO.
  I want them to give Taika Watiti a billion dollars and tell him to make a Master & Commander series.
  
  What good show did Apple produce?
  
  Apple Arcade is already a solid little gaming platform. My kids love it.
  They may jump more into bigger titles as the AppleTV boxes get a little beefier, but right now being able to just connect a PlayStation or Xbox controller to it and play some fun little games is a nice perk
- Serious AA titles, no. But apps? I can see that happen quite easily.
Google has proven to be outstanding in showing off limited corporate attention span and fad chasing. Not sure why the Sony boss has anything to fear from Google.
Apart from the sound bite title this article tells us zilch.
Nero sang, as he transformed Rome to ash.
They don't realize the only true Romans in the industry are indie.
Google canned their gaming product though...
Ah poor Sony.

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