A year ago, Quixey raised $ 60 million from several
high -
profile investors, including Alibaba and Softbank, pegging its valuation at
around $ 600 million, as Re / code reported.
Meanwhile, well documented flurries of
investor activity
around emerging platforms like VR — and a handful of
high -
profile acquisitions by non-gaming companies — reasonably give the layperson a sense that making games means having money thrown at you.