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At the centre A new developer should not release into an existing competitive genre: unless you happen to be the world's best at that one thing, you will not win. Holds TSTim Sweeney Read this korrent →

• Similar wording Aiming to make an objectively great work is the wrong goal; make the best you can now and treat it as one of many. Holds DYDerek Yu
• Similar wording Once the barrier to making a game collapsed, making a good game stopped being enough: no game gets noticed organically any more, so shipping without a marketing plan is unwise. Holds CMCasey Muratori
• Similar wording A minimum viable product is not enough: the first release still has to contain something a little bit awesome that shows people where it is going. Holds DFDylan Field
• Similar wording You cannot be best of breed in an ecosystem by telling its developers to write in a different programming language. Holds AHAnders Hejlsberg
• Similar wording A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. Holds DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson
• Similar wording The malaise in the game industry needs no complicated theory: the games that failed recently simply were not fun enough to compete with everything else in people's lives. Holds TSTim Sweeney
• Similar wording Now that everyone can build apps with AI, distribution is the thing that separates who wins. No longer holds PLPieter Levels
• Similar wording Software is now won or lost on design: good enough is no longer fine, it is mediocre. Holds DFDylan Field