Is Supercell's success good or bad for the Finnish game industry?
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Concern that Supercell would blow up salaries and squeeze out indies proves false: salaries do not triple and indie funding remains viable, because Supercell deliberately keeps a small, controlled headcount rather than scaling to thousands. The success acts as visible proof of a global-market playbook, prompting open sharing of soft‑launch builds and metrics across studios and boosting recruitment pipelines and investor interest. Result: more startups launch inspired products, not fewer, and the Finnish scene gains talent and capital rather than losing it.
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