If you can’t do that, someone else can.” She cited the 2022IGDA Developer Satisfaction survey in addressing the games industry retention problem:“Diverse talent tends to leave the industry at about twice the rate as white men. So, if webroaden the funnel and we bring more diverse talent in, all we’re doing is losing morepeople, and that’s not an acceptable action plan. It’s not going to make the kind of lastingchange we need to see in our industry.” Regarding retention of diverse talent, MacLeanrecommended actions for leaders and colleagues that foster an inclusive environment:charter team agreements to define core hours of work, hold team members accountable toensure they use their vacation days, accommodate remote work, create shared definitionsfor flex time schedules, develop clear promotion paths, and demonstrate care foremployees as humans. All of these were presented as ways to retain talent, especially forcaregivers. “People are willing to make these tradeoffs,” speaking of work/life balanceand caregiving in particular, “regardless of gender, regardless of family status if they seethere is a path forward.”From my perspective, intentionality and action to create positive sustainablecultures accommodating the needs of marginalized individuals signposts that the gamesindustry has acknowledged a need for correction and is beginning to support diversityand representation in a meaningful way.
Concerning! He's bought the brand washing attempts of big corps... am I being, rash? Is there no way out for Microsoft? Yes there is: One that doesn't include buying Activision despite being rotten? Profiting from endless games like CoD and Candy Crush? One that doesn't invest in data centers for AI that crush the global South? One that doesn't invest heavily in AAA titles like Halo, including its marketing, only to make a fraction of the investment sponsoring indies (and then laying them off)?
Then, no. I am not being rash. Microsoft owns a greedy ecosystem that includes Word and Excel. It asks people to pay for Windows licenses at 200€. Tried to do a Netflix with Xbox Game Pass. A big problem is that almost everyone knows Microsoft. Who knows Annapurna?