The BEST Speech To The Gaming Industry EVER - Swen Vincke At The Game Awards 2024

I genuinely hope the gaming industry listened to Swen's speech with open ears, cause that's really what they needed to hear.

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The BEST Speech To The Gaming Industry EVER - Swen Vincke At The Game Awards 2024

#gaming #thegameawards #gameoftheyear

[Saretz]

SHOTS FIRED 🔥
(I wonder how many future bridges I burned with that thumbnail 🤣🥲)
Anyway, jokes aside, this is something that deserves to be heard, by as many people as possible.
EDIT: If you are a game developer, independent or not, and his words inspired you, then I wish you all the success in this world, become the change that we need.
Thank you Swen.
Enjoy!

[Rihcterwilker]

Crazy how spelling the basics seems like talking about an utopia nowadays

[AmineOuldKaci]

This is not just about the gaming industry, this is about ANY industry.

[PhantomPlayin]

That speech deserved way more applause than it got.

[sahebiyasin]

Bro actually called out 99% of the industry

[luigiboyinblu]

I watched the show with some friends I met when I worked at an indie studio from my country, so we all knew damn well that he wasn’t just talking to the AAA studios, but also to the indie devs who still have the power to change things in their “niche”. It really made me tear up to think that people like Swen, who make such impossible games become reality, still firmly believe that we all deserve and need with urgency more dignity in this industry.

[Quotenwagnerianer]

Swen is basically describing his own approach to leading a studio. And he knows damn well that people in the room know that.

[Cody-]

“I still have time points from last year.” He came out swinging with that one.

[welton]

Swen absolutely cooked EA, Ubisoft, and others, especially when he said "they knew were short-sighted in function of a bonus or politics". Holy faqs

[mayflower]

I legitimately applaud when he said all of this. Guy came out swinging without seeming like he was talking down. I think I will remember this speech for quite some time.

[patrickomeagher]

1:57 "They understood the value of respect, ..." I love that statement. Such a rare commodity in Western society these days, let alone the entertainment industry. The whole speech was awesome, that's just the part that stood out to me the most.

[Doomin-cm]

Swen Vincke is that guy who almost went into personal bakruptcy several times to maintain his small studio, but his mentality and love for making games eventually lead that small studio into becoming a the shining jewel of this decade of gaming. He's the CEO everybody wants to have.

[moisesfreire]

Swen is the best in terms of passive aggressive remarks because my man just roasted the entire gaming industry and the game awards itself without actually resort to direct criticism.

[anthonygerling]

I love how he wrapped this up in a simple story format so it didn't sound like a lecture or he was talking down.

[gerdsmits]

I (as a Belgian) am so proud of Larian/Swen Vincke. He has been consistently relentless in pursuing the vision he just laid out in this speech. Larian has fought for its financial independence in order not to compromise its vision since 1996 by e.g. having a part of the company (Larian Studios, Educational Games) making less complicated but financially stable educational games so that the triple A game is not pushed to be released before its done and e.g. by kick-starter campaigns that worked really well just because the gamers have complete trust in this CEO/company.

Doing the right thing has become so against the flow that it requires a passion, a lucidity that almost equals insanity. But. Only dead fish go with the flow. Thank you Ricky G ... euh Swen Vincke for being you. 🙂

[Real_MisterSir]

"If a product is made by people who want to make it for themselves, then profit will follow as a symptom rather than having to be the sole goal itself" -rings true for literally every single industry on the planet. Shortsightedness only leads to filling a temporary executive stack's pockets with bonuses. Does nothing for the company's long term bottom line, nor the products, nor the employees, nor the end users.

[mrsgamer]

Im sure there were a lot of people sweating over there

[gommodore]

Kinda reminds me of when Reggie once said "If it's not fun, why bother?"

[chickendrawsdogs]

He really put the BASED in 'turn-based' 🤣

[Gldmrd]

Basic work ethics in any field. Perfectly narrated with a mini story, without sounding condescending. Respect!