'What's your salary? I told him, and he said no problem, we'll double. And those days are gone:' Listening to game dev legends reminiscing in 1989 about the 'golden days of computer games' already being over is a trip
Newly discovered recordings from the 1989 Computer Game Developers Conference reveal industry veterans discussing the perceived end of the 'golden days' of PC gaming. Topics included market saturation, the shift from single-developer projects to specialized teams, and the increasing importance of marketing.
- Entities
- Company: Activision
- Person: Richard Garriott
- Topic: Industry History
- Company: Origin Systems
- Person: David Crane
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Game Development
- Person: Steve Cartwright
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