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Just so you know, the original version of this quote was "commoditize their complement", not "commoditize their competition"
by ChadNauseam 4y ago
Just so you know, the original version of this quote was "commoditize their complement", not "commoditize their competition"
- colordrops 4y agoYou all have been reading hacker news recently too I see.
- m463 4y agoit all goes back to joel on software from 2002: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
- danbolt 4y agoYeah, I had looked up the term to double-check before posting, but I felt that it didn’t quite fit as a developer picking Unreal was unlikely to also use Unity for a game.
- johnyzee 4y agoBut that's not what they are doing. Godot/Unity are not complements to Unreal. Epic are, in fact, commoditizing their competition, which is low-end, indie-friendly games development platforms.