If it was, you’d have to argue how that only got to impact results in the past 5 years. It’s more likely to be an environmental factor. If only we could point to something that has changed in the past 5-10 years…

Two options off-hand: Paradox’s in-house games are all linux-based. Unity does linux as a compilation target, but I understand their reputation isn’t great, and may limit their ability to take interns. Hope you figure something out!