@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 6 months agoBaldur's Gate 3 Dev Larian's Publishing Director Calls Games Industry Layoffs an 'Avoidable F*ck Up'www.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square34arrow-up1369arrow-down110
arrow-up1359arrow-down1external-linkBaldur's Gate 3 Dev Larian's Publishing Director Calls Games Industry Layoffs an 'Avoidable F*ck Up'www.ign.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square34
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-39•6 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_programlinkfedilink29•6 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.