• @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    companies of the modern era have to justify their existence not just with success, but growth, and Microsoft’s been struggling to do that.

    All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves an isolated system, the entropy of that system increases. Energy continuously flows from being concentrated to becoming dispersed, spread out, wasted and useless. New energy cannot be created and high grade energy is being destroyed. An economy based on endless growth isǗ̷̺̲͖̹̅̕Ñ̸̓ͅS̷̡̱̫̈́̄Ȕ̸̱̦͜S̶̟̈̈́͐̆͐T̸̢͕̭̞̺̅̊͗̾A̶̢̞̔ͅI̸̜̜͕̓̔̎͝N̷̢̂̚͝Å̴̖̻̘̉͋͜ͅB̸̨̲̗̹́L̴̖͙̜̝̓̈́È̷͎̤

  • @redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    622 months ago

    companies of the modern era have to justify their existence not just with success, but growth, and Microsoft’s been struggling to do that

    “The last year or so in videogames,” says Bond, “largely the industry’s been flat … [we saw some] tremendously groundbreaking games, but the growth didn’t follow all that.”

    Whelp, now that everyone went back to work and not stuck at home anymore, it’s actually amazing that the video game industry is still flat, but apparently that’s not enough. Probably nothing can top covid19 effect to game industry anytime soon, unless they have another virus in the work /s

    • @brsrklf@jlai.lu
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      162 months ago

      You know, no better way to achieve growth than firing the team that brought you one of your best recent successes.

    • ignirtoq
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      142 months ago

      Don’t worry, H5N1 is here to save the gaming industry!

      • @Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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        152 months ago

        Microsoft seems like a company who would be willing to cause a new pandemic themselves if it meant to increase quarterly growth.

        • @jonne
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          122 months ago

          Do you know what fiduciary duty means?

            • @jonne
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              52 months ago

              Not sure if it features in the fallout games, but it’s a banger line in the TV series.

    • Bakkoda
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      41 month ago

      It’s almost like if you give business too much money too quickly they make poor decisions always. Huh. Golly.

    • xep
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      142 months ago

      Don’t be silly, for these types of people you can never make enough money.