Comment by DayleD on 27/01/2025 at 23:17 UTC

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A lot of gaming was women-led until the blockbuster-sized budgets and studio executives entered the picture and started bringing corporate and business school values into the picture.

Roberta Williams is the Original Gamer. Bobby Kotick doesn't even play his own games.

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Comment by Lightning_Boy at 27/01/2025 at 23:31 UTC

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Bobby Kotick was never a developer. He's always been a businessman.

Comment by fuckreddadmins at 28/01/2025 at 00:19 UTC

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But that is plainly not true. Before what i assume you mean 7th gen mil shooters most of the prolific video game devolopers were male or studios were majority male ID guys were male, majority of the japanese studios were mostly male looking glass was mostly male. Etc. Honestly only ones i can remember are heineman and that woman on core design team. If anything percentage of female devs are higher today than ever