Starker on 3/8/2026 at 17:33
If you haven't been aware, Jason Schreier has a Youtube channel where he shares all the juicy goss... news about the industry as well as some general topics.
The latest vid, what happened to Annapurna:
[video=youtube;YWNoKsc86xo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNoKsc86xo[/video]
henke on 3/8/2026 at 19:13
I follow him on bluesky but did not know about his youtube. Subscribed!
Starker on 3/8/2026 at 19:19
It's only been up for a couple of months. At first it was some very basic stuff -- why do games cost so much and take so long to make, why are publishers being publishers, etc, so I didn't think much of it at first but lately he's been adding some more interesting things in the mix.
Sulphur on 4/8/2026 at 14:12
The basic stuff's pretty good, too. While the obvious suspects - graphics, art, scale - are at play for why games cost so much, the other thing that I didn't think was nearly as prevalent was disorganisation and mismanagement. Taking him at his word, it makes sense, though obviously we're not going to get a lot of companies admitting to those.
Sarsons on 24/8/2026 at 02:35
Quote Posted by Starker
If you haven't been aware, Jason Schreier has a Youtube channel where he shares all the juicy
goss... news about the industry as well as some general topics.
The latest vid (
https://5letter-words.io) 5 letter words, what happened to Annapurna:
[video=youtube;YWNoKsc86xo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNoKsc86xo[/video]
Mismanagement and scope creep definitely play a huge role, but I think the over reliance on contract workers and constant turnover also destroy project momentum. When teams have to keep rebuilding institutional knowledge every few years, it burns through time and budget fast.
