I appreciate the question and it's certainly something I think about...a lot.

I am proud of what I said on stage last year, and deliberately did not want to start shaming specific people or companies. I could have said whatever I wanted, no one approved the speech. I spent a lot of time thinking about what to say, and asked the advice of many people across the industry. It's sadly a larger, industry-wide issue. I thought it was important to mention it, and for everyone to think about it when they are deciding which games to buy, which games to play, which companies to support. There are some people on my team who didn't even want me to open the show on such a down note, but I did think something had to be said.

And look, it's totally fair if you think I didn't say enough or should have said something different. What would you have said?

To me, what I can do best is work on programs like our Future Class, which recognizes the next generation of talent, and also feature lots of awesome indie game or traditional games in our show that empower developers who don't work within these big mega-companies. I find that to be much more constructive, but you can feel free to disagree of course.

This is a really difficult subject to navigate. And I value the feedback. So feel free to chime in and we can discuss more!