This is the best story about MVP(Minimum Viable Product). A good story for all the product managers or whoever manages scope of product releases.
If you don’t have time, watch the video around 6:30.
In short, Nvidia was running out of money. The first(?) chip RIVA 128 supports only 8 modes of the 32 blend modes specified in DirectX. Nvidia went out to all the game developers to convince them to not use the other 24 modes. “8 modes is all you need”. “if you want to make an explosion, you want to make transparent, could you do it this way? use that mode. just don’t use the other 24 modes.”
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