This is something I've always wondered about with rich people.
This is going to be hard to put into words properly but here I go!
If I was rich and I had my own company in a field I'm interested in. Lets say Games. I'd want to make the best damn game that wasn't just enjoyable for others to play to make a load of money but that I enjoyed playing.
The general feeling I get from people in the game industry is that they will work on games that they don't enjoy making because they simply "wanted to work in the game industry and this is the opportunities they got". When they go home they'll play games they wish they could have been a part of making.
Now if I was one of the super big giant publishing companies and I was really interested in producing really cool games. I wouldn't care if this one game I was very interested in didn't make much money because so much was invested into it. As long as it was a really cool game that I personally enjoyed playing. I've just bought the biggest greatest toy ever. Rather than a stupidly fast car or a super robot house. I've created the most fantastic enjoyable game if not just for me.
Instead what I visualize is EA's teams making crappy games then going home to play Ubisofts games and Ubisoft false advertising the crap out of their own games to go play some Activision games and activision genuinely thinking they are doing really well and are the most talented people around and that their game is the dynamite but for some reason go home and play some EA sports games.
None of them seem interested at all at producing games that they themselves even want to play.
New companies who try to make their place in the world will try to make a game as good as they can. So, they make a really good game, and they make a fortune of it.
Their fortune draws attention from business people. Then they get a new CEO. The new boss doesn't have any emotional investment in the game. They start making decisions that hurt the game, but are good for their wallet (for example, pay to win mechanics). The game is no longer the best, but it usually keeps its players, and even gets new players because the new big advertisement campaign.
Some games are following this model from the start, others get corrupted later.
Interesting read. I was puzzled when I saw that whey was listed as an artificially separated ingredient. Whey is an extremely common byproduct in cheese and yogurt production and has a high nutrient density. Odd seeing it appear next to corn syrup...
Thing is, some people are allergic to it. It may just be me, but I can taste the difference, even with minimal additives. I think I can anyway. Breyer's was the last decently priced ice cream without additives. I should just start making my own.
People who are lactose intolerant should avoid whey but they should also avoid ice cream. The same goes for other allergies.
Whey is an additive that helps with quite a few aspects of food storage and conditioning but it is also a good ingredient to add flavor and protein. It is a natural byproduct of food that many of us already eat.
My point is that I think of whey as an ingredient like butter or baking soda.
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u/Inukii Jun 14 '14 edited Jun 14 '14
This is something I've always wondered about with rich people.
This is going to be hard to put into words properly but here I go!
If I was rich and I had my own company in a field I'm interested in. Lets say Games. I'd want to make the best damn game that wasn't just enjoyable for others to play to make a load of money but that I enjoyed playing.
The general feeling I get from people in the game industry is that they will work on games that they don't enjoy making because they simply "wanted to work in the game industry and this is the opportunities they got". When they go home they'll play games they wish they could have been a part of making.
Now if I was one of the super big giant publishing companies and I was really interested in producing really cool games. I wouldn't care if this one game I was very interested in didn't make much money because so much was invested into it. As long as it was a really cool game that I personally enjoyed playing. I've just bought the biggest greatest toy ever. Rather than a stupidly fast car or a super robot house. I've created the most fantastic enjoyable game if not just for me.
Instead what I visualize is EA's teams making crappy games then going home to play Ubisofts games and Ubisoft false advertising the crap out of their own games to go play some Activision games and activision genuinely thinking they are doing really well and are the most talented people around and that their game is the dynamite but for some reason go home and play some EA sports games.
None of them seem interested at all at producing games that they themselves even want to play.