Miya Ironami :miyapet: :verified_trans: on Nostr: Hot take!!! There is no such thing as a game industry. The term "industry" initially ...
Hot take!!! There is no such thing as a game industry.
The term "industry" initially referred to, well, industry! Factories, machines, production of goods.
Nowadays, it's used as a synonym for "sector", like the gaming sector is often called the "gaming industry". I think that's a bad analogy though. It makes us think of it as if they were making commercial goods and products, instead of art and beauty.
Calling gaming an "industry" is like referring to art as "content". It's an awful capitalistic view of the world that treats artworks as a good.
Similarly, there is no film industry. There is also no software industry. Software is not a product, it's works that have no ownership. There is no service industry, that's probably the most perverse one, treating the work of people as a good.
Industry is for industry. You can use it when there's a tangible good being produced, but don't use it for the work of people.
I don't disagree that the meaning of industry as a synonym of "sector" exists, but it's bad. We should oppose this usage.
The term "industry" initially referred to, well, industry! Factories, machines, production of goods.
Nowadays, it's used as a synonym for "sector", like the gaming sector is often called the "gaming industry". I think that's a bad analogy though. It makes us think of it as if they were making commercial goods and products, instead of art and beauty.
Calling gaming an "industry" is like referring to art as "content". It's an awful capitalistic view of the world that treats artworks as a good.
Similarly, there is no film industry. There is also no software industry. Software is not a product, it's works that have no ownership. There is no service industry, that's probably the most perverse one, treating the work of people as a good.
Industry is for industry. You can use it when there's a tangible good being produced, but don't use it for the work of people.
I don't disagree that the meaning of industry as a synonym of "sector" exists, but it's bad. We should oppose this usage.