FDEV CEO Jonny Watts interview

[rootsrat]

How Frontier Developments boss Jonny Watts created a gaming monster

Jonny Watts (pictured) is an evangelist for the UK's gaming sector, which employs around 24,000 and in 2021 hit £7.2bn in sales

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A few notable quotes:

This success has been replicated in Frontier's results. The firm posted record revenues of £114million for the year to the end of May 2022.

Last year tech giant Microsoft agreed a £50billion mega-merger with Activision Blizzard, the maker of first-person shooter franchise Call Of Duty and online fantasy role-playing game World Of Warcraft.

But Watts again is undeterred, highlighting Braben's 33 per cent stake in Frontier as a likely bulwark against any opportunistic bids.

Watts has also been present for most of Frontier's expansion, highlighting that when he joined, the company had eight employees – it now has around 800.

I have my mother-in-law telling me that she is at Level 750 in Candy Crush.

(Bless <3 )

 

[Codger]

And this one:

'Just being a great game doesn't mean it's going to sell.'

Maybe not, but it's a good place to start, I'd say. lol.

 

[Northpin]

i'm really curious to see their interim results for the first half of FY2023

edit: quite nice interview, and he does seem to be a man with a vision (Jonny, Jill, Jessica and Jasmine - this cant be a coincidence )

 

[zimms]

Where's Jay?

 

[rootsrat]

[mod] Moved it to a more appropriate forums section.