Ex-video game developer here. The games industry uses those exact metrics to measure their success. I decided to leave the games industry after it was reveale

Ex-video game developer here. The games industry uses those exact metrics to measure their success. I decided to leave the games industry after it was revealed that our latest release had a 14 year old kid who was playing, non-stop in 48-hour bursts .. and the game company execs loved it. Like, they were ecstatic that they had this 14-year olds' attention like that. That was enough for me to realise that the video game industry is destructive, and has evil intent for our society...