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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by AlexTWithBeard on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @10:31AM (#19153780)
in the EU and the rest of the world, coders don't get rock star salaries.

Isn't it a part of the reason why Google (Amazon, Netflix, Apple) has emerged in the US and not in the rest of the world?

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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by notSupplied on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:59PM (#19156359)
It seems likely that the dominance of American tech could be due to how they pay their engineers. It is not as clear that America dominates game development, nor that it is due to paying devs rockstar level compensation.
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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by Yoric on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:46PM (#19157378)
Why would that be?

I personally suspect that it's more due to a larger/richer base of potential clients/consumers.

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