▲ 628 ▼ The gaming industry is truly messed up… (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mwa 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children) I wish EA didn't buy so many studios... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) They're publically traded - they now only exist to generate profit, and that's the only metric that matters to them. It's the same in any industry, unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Not paying the CEO a 38 million dollar bonus and instead keeping the devs on board to create future products for way less than 38 million dollars is more profitable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yeah but that probably won't impact the share price that much, for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago EA is up 2% over a month. The stock market is full of idiots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago I don't think any company should be able to buy another company. The same way people can't buy other people permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) They're publically traded - they now only exist to generate profit, and that's the only metric that matters to them. It's the same in any industry, unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Not paying the CEO a 38 million dollar bonus and instead keeping the devs on board to create future products for way less than 38 million dollars is more profitable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yeah but that probably won't impact the share price that much, for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago EA is up 2% over a month. The stock market is full of idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Not paying the CEO a 38 million dollar bonus and instead keeping the devs on board to create future products for way less than 38 million dollars is more profitable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yeah but that probably won't impact the share price that much, for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago EA is up 2% over a month. The stock market is full of idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Yeah but that probably won't impact the share price that much, for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago EA is up 2% over a month. The stock market is full of idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago EA is up 2% over a month. The stock market is full of idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago I don't think any company should be able to buy another company. The same way people can't buy other people permalink fedilink source parent