A Quote by Markus Persson

When I was young, we didn't have indie games. We had 'garage developers' or similar terms, who were just small teams making games out of passion.

Markus Persson

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Markus Persson
Swedish - Businessman
Born: June 1, 1979

I used to be a part-time enthusiast press games writer when I was starting to get into making indie games.

Zoe Quinn

Years ago, when I was (at Stanford), you had maybe one or two teams -- at one time I was part of one of those teams -- you didn't have to worry about, ... Now it's not that way in the conference. A lot of the teams that were once at the bottom kind of have their games together and are making their way to the top.

Tyrone Willingham

I really love doing indie projects, I think the characters that are available in indie games especially, like a lot of the indie games I've done, have been really rich interesting characters for someone of my vocal range.

Ashly Burch

People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with Japanese games. I think that means that the Western developers and Japanese developers, they are good at different fields.

Shigeru Miyamoto

I was on veteran teams in Charlotte where we won 17 or 18 games. There were times that we lost by 20 for two or three straight games, then came in and watched film, learned from our mistakes. We learned about things like making the extra pass.

Jared Dudley

Asian online games are far ahead of Western games in terms of business model, but the Western games do have a real advantage in terms of production values.

Tim Sweeney

I've played a lot of games - I started very early, and the first 50 games were just warm-up games.

Christian Eriksen

My small circle is really just my family. They're really close and dear to my heart and it's always great to have them watching my games, critiquing my games and making sure I'm alright at all times.

Bradley Beal

Our developers are helping and participating in the virtual economy by making games that aren't just fun, but which monetize as well.

David Baszucki

When you have more people investing in VR games, whether it's us or Sony or someone else, that means a greater pool of VR developers out there who know how to make VR games.

Palmer Luckey

I did my degree in journalism, and I then went on to being a games journalist, reviewing and previewing games and writing about the industry, visiting and interviewing developers.

Rhianna Pratchett

Turns out, what I love doing is making games. Not hyping games or trying to sell a lot of copies. I just want to experiment and develop and think and tinker and tweak.

Markus Persson

I play a lot of games. I love indie games.

David Cage

When I got to Activision, it was like a carnival. They had a recycling container filled with cans and a sign over it that said 'Activision Takeover Defense Fund.' Activision was making games based on passion and gut instinct. We needed to develop games based on P&L statements and what was going to sell.

Bobby Kotick

Inside the first 20 to 25 games of the season, we were losing these games, getting beat by two and three points. Over the last 10 games, it seems like we're starting to win these games and putting some good things together.