Game Companies

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Masters of Scale 20VC

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20VC Opinion
Paananen: Most large game studios focus on control over creative teams
“The irony, I think, about many games companies, and, you know, ours at the time included, is that many companies are focused on actually everything else but the teams that create the actual games. So many of the, especially the bigger game companies are very t…”
Ilkka Paananen Feb 1, 2021 ▶ 4:38 20VC: Supercell Founder Ilkka Paananen on What it Means To Be "The Least Powerful CEO", His Relationship To Wealth and Risk & How To Create Environments of Safety Where Your Team Can Be Their Best and Most Ambitious Selves
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pincus: Legacy studios spent $15M-$20M over two years before testing demand
“At the time, game companies would build an entire game and take even two years and 15, twenty million dollars before they even know if anyone wanted it, and we could come out with it on the web, maybe only spend four weeks.”
Mark Pincus Jul 24, 2018 ▶ 18:06 How to kill your bad ideas (with Zynga's Mark Pincus)

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