Epic Games*, Mihoyo**, IO Interactive, Bethesda/ZeniMax***, Deep Silver.
* Epic games is 40% owned by a publicly-traded company, Tencent.
** Mihoyo filed for an IPO in 2017, but withdrew its application for unknown reasons.
*** ZeniMax Media was recently acquired by Microsoft, and is now a Microsoft subsidiary. I’m not sure if this makes it count as a ‘non-public gaming company’ by your definition.
That’s why they often make good developers.
Good developers don’t just write easy-to-write code. They write code that is easy to maintain and efficient to run - and oftentimes that requires forethought, a willingness to rewrite when a misstep is made, and above all else the willingness to tinker/learn effectively.
Source: I am a terrible developer and a very lazy person, and I have had to maintain lots of poorly-written code (some of it my own).
Microsoft makes some very good quality adaptive controller accessories. IMO that still doesn’t make this move OK, but at least disabled people still have a supported option.
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller
For those like me who have no idea what EUIPO is:
EUIPO stands for the EU Intellectual Property Office.
Since 2012, the EUIPO has hosted the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, which brings public and private stakeholders together in the fight against piracy and counterfeiting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Intellectual_Property_Office
Ads that permit code to run locally are a security hazard. That’s most ad platforms.
I’d deal with intrusive ads just fine (and when I was younger I used to), but I run an adblocker and noscript for security reasons. Unobtrusive ads don’t change that for me.
the lack of new first party exclusives
This is good; exclusivity hurts consumers.
Please consider using punctuation!
From what I understand, history has proven otherwise. Wars are always very profitable for certain groups.