Sundray@lemmus.org to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago"You Can't Rule Out The Possibility That Executives Are Idiots" - John Carmack On Microsoft's Gutting Of id Softwarewww.timeextension.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-link"You Can't Rule Out The Possibility That Executives Are Idiots" - John Carmack On Microsoft's Gutting Of id Softwarewww.timeextension.comSundray@lemmus.org to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFarceOfWill@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-217 days ago“You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief. I don’t think there is any obvious path that would have doubled the revenue from Id games.”
minus-squarePhantaloons@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoSo the executives are idiots for demanding double-revenue their games…
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoThe headline is pretty misleading
“You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief. I don’t think there is any obvious path that would have doubled the revenue from Id games.”
So the executives are idiots for demanding double-revenue their games…
The headline is pretty misleading