What Patrick McKenzie thinks about video games
Software engineer and writer, known online as patio11. Ran the small software business Bingo Card Creator and Starfighter, then worked at Stripe; writes about the mechanics of money at Bits about Money and wrote for years at Kalzumeus about careers, negotiation and the business of software.
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1 dated position, 2021, in their own words. Our reading of what Patrick McKenzie has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our reading · no longer heldFree-to-play games' dependence on big-spending whales is strong evidence that they are a negative development
Recalls holdingI used to think that free-to-play games’ dependence on whales was strong evidence that they were a negative development, but I heard an argument from the CEO of Kongregate which changed my mind.
SaidMany whales are simply employed professionals who enjoy what they enjoy, and professionals historically spend a lot of money on what they enjoy.
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