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DArtagnan
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How would Pablo Picasso fit into your view of art being at odds with business, DArtagnan? The guy was a money-making machine, and to this day his art is very highly regarded
I have no idea since I don't know anything about that kind of art. To me, it's just a bunch of mismatching colors.
Aren't you taking the convenient high ground of "nobody understands me due to my high level of artistic appreciation?" That's nice for you, but where does that leave everyone else? Either you're special and we're not or you're flattering yourself and we don't agree (guess which one I pick ).
Don't ask and then automatically assume.
I don't think in terms of high or low grounds. I don't assign a higher value to my own person because I believe in my own opinions.
The trend where video games are sacrificing some of their complexity in favor of ever-improving aesthetics is due to obvious business realities, but not just those, IMO. It's characteristic of a business environment where product direction is being driven by technology (as opposed to being market-driven).
What about this don't I already know?
All this talk on forums about mass markets is kinda right but mainly wrong, IMO. Product development has simply reached a point of complexity where the only ones at these companies who truly understand the state of their business are the engineers and programmers, and what we're seeing is what always happens in that situation.
I don't think that's true at all. There's no all-encompassing truth that is available only to those with their hands down in the dirt. Every company is unique and has unique practices - and there are infinite ways to go about doing your business. Because some are more successful in terms of profit - it doesn't mean they hold all the answers.
The solution (and I happen to think this is valuable advice) is to restaff marketing, moving away from product/business PR types to folks who have undergraduate degrees in things like computer science and electrical engineering plus MBAs. Those are the kind of marketing managers who will be able to evaluate the competitive marketplace and see opportunities beyond what's plain to the development guys.
That might be an improvement - but it's certainly not the kind of solution I'm suggesting.
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