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This Week In The Business: The Case Of The Disappearing Developers
“I suspect that Apple would be ecstatic if 90 per cent of game developers disappeared overnight. See also: Steam.” — Indie developer Jeff Vogel, explaining why he walked away from iOS development after his game Avernum 2 was pulled from the App Store.
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This Week In The Business: Baby Steps
“I don’t think VR is a now thing. I’m not saying it’s five years from now, but it’s not really a now now thing.” — Xbox head Phil Spencer, talking about why Microsoft is sitting on the VR sidelines right now.
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This Week In The Business: Afraid Of Making Games
“I’m scared as a game developer to think about making a game.” — Mike Capps, former president of Epic Games, talking about how hard it is to make a hit game these days and why he’s not starting a new game studio.
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This Week In The Business: Fallen Gods
“Suddenly we’re not gods any more… There are gods, and now we just licence their engines.” — Positech’s Cliff Harris, talking about why he hates Unity and other middleware, preferring that indies write their own engines.