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Re:Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty? by bobthepanda on Friday February 26, 2021 @11:30AM (#26276515)
It’s abusing the definition of monopoly. There isn’t a single super-dominant games company choking out competition. In fact, companies steal each others’ lunch all the time; Fortnite surpassed PUBG, Cities Skylines from a small Finnish dev surpassed EA’s SimCity, and Stardew Valley was created by a single developer who surpassed Harvest Moon before him.

Monopoly doesn’t just mean “this company is bigger than I’d like.”

Re:Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty? by andi999 on Friday February 26, 2021 @12:47PM (#26277563)
Also if you look at ID software, they were just a tiny (but very skilled and highly dedicated) team who churned out one game per month for a year.