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Do you think YC would have been interested in something like Minecraft back in its infancy if you saw how fast user base was growing? Does YC have any interest
by beeboop 11y ago
Do you think YC would have been interested in something like Minecraft back in its infancy if you saw how fast user base was growing?
Does YC have any interest at all in startups (if you can call them that) whose main product is a video game of some sort?
- sama 11y agoYes and yes.
- beeboop 11y agoWould you be looking for anything different in people who applied with a video game versus a more traditional startup service? Would you expect the game to be very different in some way from traditional games, or does genre/mechanic not really matter as long as a there's a small, passionate group of users growing quickly?
- foobarqux 11y agoMachine Zone (Game of War) is a YC company. I don't know why they never talk about it.
- beeboop 11y agoAddictive pay-to-win mobile games aren't exactly glamorous, and in some social circles are pretty heavily frowned upon. Maybe bad PR, not sure.