It's alright, the same sort of people that made them social pariahs and sneered at every opportunity about their "childish fucking job" are now the same people who'd ensure 95% of these guys couldn't even get their foot in the door.
Replacing a group of creative, innovative and dedicated people with clout chasers more interested in how they look making the games than what brought them popularity end up crashing the brand and possibly wider hobby niche.
It's alright, the same sort of people that made them social pariahs and sneered at every opportunity about their "childish fucking job" are now the same people who'd ensure 95% of these guys couldn't even get their foot in the door.
Men start new hobby
Said hobby gives women the "ick", they dont join
Founding men dont care if people like their hobby or not
Hobby grows in popularity, there is now a social advantage to being part of said hobby even if its to say youre in a niche thing
Women now sense that the hive mind finds the hobby acceptable, so they invade
Women are initially allowed in, but soon demand changes to the hobby
Core group leaves