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Why games though? I don’t see any obvious reasons why they would care.
by OGWhales 7y ago
Why games though? I don’t see any obvious reasons why they would care.
- canttestthis 7y agoI always thought that they were doing it because they had a really low opinion of their own game studio. Maybe they were trying to kill as much future competition as they were able to (legally).
- OGWhales 7y agoI’d say that opinion is fair considering I had no idea they even had their own game studio.
- Operyl 7y agoTheir first (and only) title they seem to be pushing hard to the public (in my opinion, at least. The Grand Tour Game wasn't really marketed): https://www.newworld.com/en-us https://www.newworld.com/en-us
- poutrathor 7y agoI see some. Top of my head : Games development are limitless in scope and technical complexity and very passion driven. So, a developer could spend countless hours each night improving his game. Next day, all the team has is a tired developer, drinking coffee and unable to code straight or analyse issues without missing subtleties. Opening a wordpress for your mom and her gardening hobby is a significantly less time consuming task.
- cjrp 7y agoIf they're trying to avoid people coming to work tired, presumably they also have a no-children policy for their staff?
- testvox 7y agoI'm sure they would if it wasn't against the law.
- tinalumfoil 7y agoThat generally wouldn't be legal.
- manojlds 7y agoIn the early days of Amazon, Bezos rejected bus passes for employees stating bus passes encourage people to leave work to a a timetable and he would prefer them to be at office and leave only when they can.