The DeanBeat: Everybody is an underdog. What you do about it is what matters

At our GamesBeat Summit 2016 event this week, our theme was about underdogs. And during our talks with some of the leaders of the game industry, we found that everybody has an underdog story. Companies like Microsoft, Epic Games, Nexon, Marvel, and Samsung have all felt like underdogs in the gaming business.

Yes, you could say you don’t feel sorry for these underdogs. Poor Samsung, its market value is only $140 billion. I don’t mean to equate being an underdog with being a victim, insinuate that it’s great to think of ourselves as victims, or state that we should blame these victims. Rather, underdogs are far from powerless. They are motivated to change the world and make possible what was once unthinkable.