Re:Unity's oldest community announces dissolution
by jgilias on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:29AM
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Man, your last paragraph cracked me up! Great comparison
Re:Unity's oldest community announces dissolution
by BizarroLand on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:19PM
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"Pregnant wife divorce papers" is such an apt analogy.
Businesses should consider the pregnant wife divorce papers test of any change they're making BEFORE they make it.
Re:Unity's oldest community announces dissolution
by PostOnce on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:02AM
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What podcast was this? Sounds interesting.
Re:Unity's oldest community announces dissolution
by makeitdouble on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:31PM
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I might have heard it a few times, but the only instance I clearly remember is from a Japanese podcast [0] with a former Sega engineer, who then went to Microsoft and stayed in the gaming sphere, sith Stadia being one of the latest project he worked on.
He mentions an FAQ used to discuss between devs and an newcommer in the console market (I assume xbox) going like:
Q: Won't you quit the market as soon as you see how hard it is ?
A: We'll do this to the bitter end. As long as I'm on this team this project will keep going.
[0] https://rebuild.fm/344/#chapters on the chapter on Stadia around 2h12
Re:Unity's oldest community announces dissolution
by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @06:54PM
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Brilliant metaphor there in the last 'graph.
Basically each game developer is gambling their time and livelyhood, and no one would start a game studio just to make money (that would be crazy given the odds). In this respect, a platform has to also show they're commited and will fight in the trenches with everyone else when winter comes (basically the exact opposite of Stadia...).
Unity playing with developers' trust feels like showing your pregnant wife divorce papers. You can retract it and apologize, but it will never be the same from there after.