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Maybe Amazon is serious but I personally doubt it. If you really want to be the next big engine you need large support teams. Dev rel people, tech support peop

Maybe Amazon is serious but I personally doubt it. If you really want to be the next big engine you need large support teams. Dev rel people, tech support people, you need to organize conferences, constantly put up tutorials, evangelize, etc.. Maybe Amazon will do that but most tech companies that barf out an open source engine have generally not really committed to support them past the 2 or 3 engineers that started them and who will only continue to support them for 6 months until either they get bored or until their boss tells them to get back to their real job Of course if Amazon is serious and they actually have a budget for 100s of people on the teams supporting this then great!

jdub 11y ago
They might not put 100s on it (MVP, MVP, MVP), but they have traditionally done very good work in developer relations, technical support, documentation, example code, etc. This doesn't seem like a half-arsed project at all. I imagine it's a strategic move.
rplnt 11y ago
I was under the impression the engine itself is not theirs, i.e. not being developed by them internally. I.e. Crytek will work on the engine as usual, Amazon will take care of cloud stuff.
m12k 11y ago
That's sort of the vibe I'm getting too - they're dipping their toes in, but not investing too much until they've gauged developer interest. If they'd been really committed to this, they'd have outright bought Crytek instead of just keeping them alive by licensing their engine.
- SXX 11y ago
  Crytek is likely one of few companies that is nearly impossible to buy as it's privately owned family business. Almost like Valve that isn't most expensive company exist, but unlikely going to be sold ever.
  - m12k 11y ago
    Rumor has it they'd have gone bankrupt without this licensing deal - if that's true then I doubt they'd have said no to an acquisition offer if the price was reasonable.

jdub 11y ago

They might not put 100s on it (MVP, MVP, MVP), but they have traditionally done very good work in developer relations, technical support, documentation, example code, etc. This doesn't seem like a half-arsed project at all. I imagine it's a strategic move.

rplnt 11y ago

I was under the impression the engine itself is not theirs, i.e. not being developed by them internally. I.e. Crytek will work on the engine as usual, Amazon will take care of cloud stuff.

m12k 11y ago

That's sort of the vibe I'm getting too - they're dipping their toes in, but not investing too much until they've gauged developer interest. If they'd been really committed to this, they'd have outright bought Crytek instead of just keeping them alive by licensing their engine.

SXX 11y ago
Crytek is likely one of few companies that is nearly impossible to buy as it's privately owned family business. Almost like Valve that isn't most expensive company exist, but unlikely going to be sold ever.
- m12k 11y ago
  Rumor has it they'd have gone bankrupt without this licensing deal - if that's true then I doubt they'd have said no to an acquisition offer if the price was reasonable.