Existing franchises are missing the young people because they’re about squeezing pennies out of nostalgia, rather than making good games.

The Indie developers of today are creating tomorrow’s lasting franchises.

It’s a tale as old as game development.

It’s all there from day one in the history of Atari and Activision.

Atari’s CEO decided that game developers should wear ties, keep standard work hours and be happy with a salary instead of any equity. This brilliant leadership vision led to the founding of Activision.

Atari went on to become a brand husk company.

Activision went on to become Blizzard / Activision and get bought for more money than I’ll ever see.