I’ve never worked on games professionally, but I work in games media and have been able to watch this industry change up close. Video game development is really

I’ve never worked on games professionally, but I work in games media and have been able to watch this industry change up close. Video game development is really a different beast than the rest of development. They branched in the 80s the way apes and chimps did genetically. They don’t follow the same tech trends that the rest of the industry follows. I doubt a majority of game devs even know about HN. They socialize with different people. All it takes to appreciate this is to remember how caught off guard the whole industry was by mobile gaming being a thing. I’m not convinced supply/demand is really the reason why the games industry is the way it is. I compare it to the non-games tech industry and see the conversations, communities, and struggles they’ve had and the games industry is only starting to, and wonder if there is a connection.