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Re:Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unio... by SirMaster on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:30PM (#36154497)
What I don't understand then is this.

If the Harvard MBA types are so detrimental to a gaming company, why don't we see any or many widely successful gaming companies who are run by dev types rather than MBA types?

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Re:Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unio... by bick_nyers on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:53PM (#36154826)
MBA types make the company more money quarter over quarter, dev types make the company more money decade after decade.

Publicly traded companies tend to use greedy algorithms when making decisions.

There are plenty of dev (or really, artist driven) type companies, some may argue with my choices, but I would say Bethesda, Epic Games, id Software, and Double Fine. Bethesda and id are now owned by Microsoft, so there is a possibility that market forces will seep in over time.

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Re:Blizzard CEO denies culture of harassment and blames unio... by ryathal on Friday June 02, 2023 @01:24PM (#36168094)
The successful companies get bought out by the giants after the make something popular eg. Mojang and Minecraft.
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