Staff movements in large companies are not uncommon and usually do not become news on any portal, sometimes they are not even mentioned in tiny articles of the newsletter of every company, but once in a while, a brilliant name changes this pattern; this is the case of Mike Frazzini, the leader of Amazon Game Studios who resigned from the development division he helped to create.
By a press release published by Bloomberthe reasons for the resignation are related to Frazzini’s family life and not to anything related to the medium:
“Mike was with Amazon Games from the very beginning, and his leadership and persistence helped grow the games business from the ground up. Our most recent successes, New World and Lost Ark, are the result of the vision to long-term customer focus he has defined.We are very grateful for all the contributions and wish him all the best.
The constant struggle of Amazon Game Studios
Despite the success of Lost Ark and New World, many studio employees criticized Frazzini’s inexperience in the video game industry, noting that the executive came from the company’s books division.
Indeed, the Bloomberg report claims that one of the former executives of Amazon Game Studios indicated that the lack of successes prior to those already mentioned was due to Frazzini’s lack of knowledge of video games and pointed out that Amazon It is very common that if a person is successful in one division, it is believed that they can transfer that to entirely different areas.
No replacements have been discussed at this time, but it’s highly likely that based on these comments, the person entering will need to have come a long way in the industry to be accepted.
