I think it's less game devs but the way their studios are made to operate. I feel like the majority of game devs would love to finish and polish their projects but tight deadlines and crunch culture prohibit them from. It.
Nowadays buying games at release is doing yourself a disservice. You pay way more for way less than someone 6+ months later who gets it on sale with fixes already done
As much as I'd like to agree, comparing matrix and discord is not a direct comparison. They serve different purposes in my opinion. Matrix also lacks features people use discord for.
I've said it a while ago, memes here are better than at lemmy.ml or lemmy.world