If 50% of Tetris players are women and it’s a game made by mostly men, then it’s already successful and why does it need more women? Just go make games FFS, why is it always a demand to be handed roles in the biggest and most established companies? Also why would games targetting men want more women if they don’t want to target women?
We need less agendas.
The solution to everything is not more women.
Then convince more women to play video games and become game devs.
How about we change the laws so resumes are sent without names, interviews conducted without cameras. Then the most qualified person can be hired regardless of whatever the political winds favour…?
ITT: people surprised one of the most recognizable and prolific games in the history of video games has a CEO.
She sounds like a savvy business person:
“We’re half the population, and we bring in a lot of money into the industry, and so I always question when our licensing partners are developing a new Tetris game: how many women do you have on the team? Because our demographic is close to 50[%].”
Yeah that checks out. It’s pretty wild that “developing games for our demographic / population” is so hard for gaming companies to grasp as a winning concept.
only 4% identified as transgender, non-binary or gender diverse
You need to have a comparison against the wider population when you show stats like this. Maybe that’s more than usual? When you say “22% of developers are women,” it’s clear that there are fewer women than the population in general. But we don’t need 50% of game developers being trans. (I mean, that might be fun to see but…)
Tetris CEO?
Why does a video game have or even need a CEO? 🤨
So they can slap people with lawsuits, of course.
Short form of The Terri’s Company Inc.
Well you’ve got me imagining fitting a woman into a project like a Tetris piece.
i keep doing this but then at some point they all disappear
I personally don’t care what gender or skin color someone has. We don’t need more Woman (or any other gender). This should not be a topic of discussion in my opinion, only skill should be.
To an extent, but 10 skilled diverse people will result in higher quality than 10 skilled same people.
So yes, care about skill, but also make sure you get some free innovation by having varied opinions from differing cultures, backgrounds, genders, etc.
To an extent, but 10 skilled diverse people will result in higher quality than 10 skilled same people.
I don’t believe that. If someone gets a job, because it has blonde hair or is woman, while someone else might fit better for the job and is doing better… then clearly something is wrong.
Nobody ever says to pick the worse fit candidate just because they are a woman or whatever. That is a bullshit talking point by small minded people.
