We may joke, but I knew a guy who was one of those Xbox Fifa-only players that wanted to get into Game Dev. I don't doubt for a second that there are people getting into gaming dev that barely play single player games.
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There's more each year, since game dev now is just another field for people to get a job after university, so these people will just fill the game to the brim with whatever and call it "a job well done".