nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agoBaldur's Gate 3 Dev Larian's Publishing Director Calls Games Industry Layoffs an 'Avoidable F*ck Up'www.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down110
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkBaldur's Gate 3 Dev Larian's Publishing Director Calls Games Industry Layoffs an 'Avoidable F*ck Up'www.ign.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareDingoBilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down42·7 months agoWell luckily every game studio only ever makes successful games and Larian will never make a flop. Right? Just like other great studios like CPDR. Or Blizzard… Oh… I swear people are just idiots or have zero memory.
minus-squarekbin_space_program@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·7 months agoExcept the companies aren’t doing layoffs because of a flop or a bad release. They’re doing them explicitly because shareholder expectations of profit growth were not met.
Well luckily every game studio only ever makes successful games and Larian will never make a flop. Right?
Just like other great studios like CPDR. Or Blizzard… Oh…
I swear people are just idiots or have zero memory.
Except the companies aren’t doing layoffs because of a flop or a bad release.
They’re doing them explicitly because shareholder expectations of profit growth were not met.