...and sadly I know a lot of AAA devs who have active disdain for their gamer audiences. It's something that's perhaps always existed but it's been noticeably worse since the mid 00s' (2005/6 or so). I never understand these ppl and think 'why are you even making games? your attitude is the toxic part. customers always whine...deal with it'.
Once a game studio devolves internally to "us (devs) vs them (gamers)" that studio is lost the vast majority of the time. You need to insulate devs from constant online vitriol but you also need devs who don't actively dislike and dismiss their audience. This used to be obvious.
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@georgebsocial It’s not hard to understand. Many people create for themselves not customers. Few people get into a profession thinking “gee I can’t wait to serve others”.
I also understand why people dislike their audiences. Just look at the comments any female dev gets.
I also understand why people dislike their audiences. Just look at the comments any female dev gets.
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I 1000% got into this industry thinking "i have to serve others"
That's literally what a job is.
It's insane to think that this industry was overtaken by people who dislike the audience and don't want to give them what they want.
That's literally all i do every day. I wake up,think other people would want. That's my purpose as a game developer.
I 1000% got into this industry thinking "i have to serve others"
That's literally what a job is.
It's insane to think that this industry was overtaken by people who dislike the audience and don't want to give them what they want.
That's literally all i do every day. I wake up,think other people would want. That's my purpose as a game developer.
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@SeaCritDev @georgebsocial Overtaken?
No.
I think it’s more likely that being exposed to social media damages that relationship. Even for those of us around for decades.
No.
I think it’s more likely that being exposed to social media damages that relationship. Even for those of us around for decades.
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@jadel4ww@georgebsocialnk most all of us have fallen into this downward spiral where we see this group of people as our sphere of "allies" we act pleasasntly with this faction and we commit to awful snark with everyone else.
It's done supreme damage, and it's ruined are ability as people to see nuance in each other.
We don't hold those close to us to standards, we impale anoyone outside our sphere on a pike for whatever reasons suits us.
It's diminished the ways in which we engage with one another.
And I'll even own up to the fact that I'm guilty of it in this thread.
Lots of talented people losing their jobs, and that's a shame.
Also a shame how those people view and mock their audience.
There are no perfect darlings, we need to find a way to be better.
It's done supreme damage, and it's ruined are ability as people to see nuance in each other.
We don't hold those close to us to standards, we impale anoyone outside our sphere on a pike for whatever reasons suits us.
It's diminished the ways in which we engage with one another.
And I'll even own up to the fact that I'm guilty of it in this thread.
Lots of talented people losing their jobs, and that's a shame.
Also a shame how those people view and mock their audience.
There are no perfect darlings, we need to find a way to be better.
Oct 24, 2026 · 12:24 PM UTC
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@SeaCritDev @georgebsocial I’m no fan of us vs them. But I think it’s fair to hate an audience who celebrates you losing your job
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@jadel4wd@georgebsocialy did this industry celebrate many of us losing our jobs, they seit it into motion. And they relished in our suppression for over a decade.
Through all the cancellings, the gaslightings, the celebrations of death and violence, the smug signalling of moral and technical superiority over all these painful years.
For some of us it's hard to muster sympathy. We've experienced so much worse at your hands.
Through all the cancellings, the gaslightings, the celebrations of death and violence, the smug signalling of moral and technical superiority over all these painful years.
For some of us it's hard to muster sympathy. We've experienced so much worse at your hands.
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