Comment by klyrs
4 years ago
Is this a risk that you're willing to take? A handful of kids can (and frequently do) make awesome indy games. But how do you expect them to scale out a competitive software distribution platform, and who's going to pay for the marketing necessary to drive adoption among both developers and users?
> how do you expect them to scale
How quickly does it have to scale? Google itself was a niche product for quite some time before it had to scale.
I'm not proposing that someone try to displace Google all at once. Google took a long time to get to the position it's in now. It will take a long time for it to be displaced, if it is. But you have to start somewhere.
So, I take your non-answer to indicate that this risky career move isn't advice you're willing to follow. Am I wrong?