@gamingonlinux Ha ha ha, they even use Among Us an example rather than a statistical anomaly

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@gamingonlinux Just be rich, you heard it here first, folks.

@gamingonlinux well I know Microsoft "launched" by winning the contract to put MS-DOS on IBM PCs. That was a pretty big deal for a then tiny company

@gamingonlinux Comparing a videogame, usually a one-time experience, to social media platforms and a car company is so ridiculous. Only online games are really expected to outperform their launch figures over time. Even then, those games often make their money back by being extremely sketchy and money-grubbing. As you put it, any point she's trying to make here is basically moot

@gamingonlinux Geez, doesn't she know that sort of drivel belongs on LinkedIn where it can get all of the critical thought-free praise it can hope for?

@gamingonlinux To be fair, you also did not help with your smug reaction of "you're wrong, but I can't be arsed to explain why".

I would have blocked you too in their place.

@gamingonlinux She's a game dev "influencer".. There are quite a few about just working to build a brand and an audience, without ever really having much of a grip on the industry. They've got something to sell so spend all day farming engagement. Baffling so many real devs follow them.

@gamingonlinux yes the comparison is very much apples and oranges.
Without a good source of funding the launch is the make or break for most indi-developers. In most cases you get lucky or you don't. Sometimes you just need to recognize the potential for growth even when it doesn't go as well as you'd hoped. If you have any audience you do have opportunity to turn things around by listening to feedback & making improvement. Listening to feedback is often underrated.

@gamingonlinux the indie game market is much much more crowded in 2023 than the PC OS market in 1981. And Microsoft initially only had one customer: IBM, which contracted with them to make the os.

@gamingonlinux "Forget it, Jake, it's ̶C̶h̶i̶n̶a̶t̶o̶w̶n̶ Twitter."

@gamingonlinux yeah its not like games make almost all of their money in their first week/month/year

*touches earpiece* wait they do?

@gamingonlinux They are also missing the point. You can't look at the planes that make it back to say, that it worked fine. Small game companies might be developing one game and if the launch fails, they can't just double their investment and restart. Microsoft could have failed when they originally started. They made it, but many companies did not survive to become the developer of the dominant desktop operating system. But you already know that, preaching to the choir here, I guess :D

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My first thought: Really terrible comparison.

Second thought: You could have been a bit less mean to her.

(After research) Third thought: Wait, they want to help game developers? A bit more knowledge about the game industry would help. But maybe they are more design than business people.

Fourth thought: Multiple spaces between words on their website? Okay, not designers either.

@gamingonlinux it is so funny when people dont agree with u, they just block you XD classic twitter

@gamingonlinux Microsoft have the Gates Family background, where his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, had contact with John Opel, CEO of IBM at time, in 1980s where is possible talk about son's startup software company and then Opel talk to other executives and director where weeks later end up hiring the services of Microsoft in creating first OS for personal Computers.

So it's would be easy if your mother have some contact with a member of board director of a triple AAA company to give a chance.