>it's probably just not having an entire staff of asian men or White guys

that, and it's almost impossible for large teams to work efficiently, where "large" isn't actually that many people in software

I wonder if a better model wouldn't be to throw a few hundred people at the game up front to get it roughed out, then have a small team spend a few years polishing it. as opposed to what they seem to do now which is start with a smallish team and then throw hundreds of people at it near the end to drag it over the finish line