Maybe gaming companies will consider making a product that their actual customers would enjoy. Funny how all the Japanese studios aren’t downsizing/ disappearing overnight…
Bungie has released 2 games in over a decade, with the last being 6 years ago. That game, Destiny 2, was considered a mass disappointment by almost everyone I talked to who were addicted to Destiny 1 for years. Meaning it was probably not nearly as successful as planned or desired, even if it was still successful.
The fact that Bungie wasn't one of the first in line to get layoffs just speaks to their privileged status, for a game they don't even own, rather than anything else.
Forsaken was well received by the player base, but sadly, it's been down hill ever since then.
Everyone thought the split from Activision was going to see a return to the golden years of Bungie, but instead the wheels really fell off and their response was basically to double down on the greed.
The have been only a shell of their former selves for a long time now. They layoffs should come as no surprise.
That Marathon video sealed the deal for their death. It was filled with non-stop woke pandering with pronouns for every developer and trannies and feminism at the forefront of the discussion for their extraction-looter-shooter.
For a game that has to compete with Escape From Tarkov, making the initial promo video basically a carebear wokefest means it's going to be dead on arrival.
The layoffs should precede a complete collapse and shutdown... hopefully.
It’s a sad moment for people and never nice to have to experience no matter the industry you work in, however with the insane costs of AAA games now, it sounds like they’re being very risk averse and people are the ones bearing the brunt as the companies will continue to make insane profits.
I'm not really interested or surprised about this happening but this midwit comment really stuck out for me. No, this is a frequently repeated lie that even 'AAA' games have to have millions spent on them in order to be viable. I think it's more like with all these journalists and writers we've reached the useful idiot stage of leftism and these business owners are trimming the fat big time.
They can't afford to keep on all these woke employees anymore so they're getting rid of them and AI, outsourcing as well as paid assets however much I may hate on it all has provided an out for the businesses looking to get rid of wokesters and I think this is how they'll probably do it. God forbid they actually pay real professionals who aren't woke to make their shit but that's another story entirely.
I am now looking for opportunities. I have 21 years of games industry experience in media, production, and community management. I'm processing,I'm so heartbroken. I don't know what to do from here... this was my home. I feel so lost
Take note of the language here, that's something that does interest me. She viewed the company as her 'home' no, it was your place of work. You saw university students back in the day trying to make this argument here when they were reeeeing about how triggered they were towards admin and people they hated. They viewed university as their 'home'.
Most of these people are grasping for some identity to hang onto. Normal people used to find identity in things like their God, family, and culture, but these things elude many in the church of woke. She almost certainly doesn't have kids, so she made her coworkers into family.
Yeah, I mean even though I'm not religious, this is why I don't knock spirituality as a concept even if I mock various religions and the way religious people behave at times. Like you and others have noticed a lot of these leftists are lacking not just a religious spirituality but anything meaningful to do in their lives.
Given how many leftists are going to be laid off by games studios soon enough you're going to have a lot of them sperging out big time not knowing what to do with themselves. People just need to be left alone to do what keeps them sane if it's not hurting anybody, but we can't even be allowed that anymore.
Maybe gaming companies will consider making a product that their actual customers would enjoy. Funny how all the Japanese studios aren’t downsizing/ disappearing overnight…
Bungie has released 2 games in over a decade, with the last being 6 years ago. That game, Destiny 2, was considered a mass disappointment by almost everyone I talked to who were addicted to Destiny 1 for years. Meaning it was probably not nearly as successful as planned or desired, even if it was still successful.
The fact that Bungie wasn't one of the first in line to get layoffs just speaks to their privileged status, for a game they don't even own, rather than anything else.
Forsaken was well received by the player base, but sadly, it's been down hill ever since then.
Everyone thought the split from Activision was going to see a return to the golden years of Bungie, but instead the wheels really fell off and their response was basically to double down on the greed.
The have been only a shell of their former selves for a long time now. They layoffs should come as no surprise.
That Marathon video sealed the deal for their death. It was filled with non-stop woke pandering with pronouns for every developer and trannies and feminism at the forefront of the discussion for their extraction-looter-shooter.
For a game that has to compete with Escape From Tarkov, making the initial promo video basically a carebear wokefest means it's going to be dead on arrival.
The layoffs should precede a complete collapse and shutdown... hopefully.
Supposedly they are steadily milking their whales who buy every expansion no questions asked.
Still, the whole "vaulting" content thing is such a shocking abuse of consumers I'm surprised it isn't talked about more.
I'm not really interested or surprised about this happening but this midwit comment really stuck out for me. No, this is a frequently repeated lie that even 'AAA' games have to have millions spent on them in order to be viable. I think it's more like with all these journalists and writers we've reached the useful idiot stage of leftism and these business owners are trimming the fat big time.
They can't afford to keep on all these woke employees anymore so they're getting rid of them and AI, outsourcing as well as paid assets however much I may hate on it all has provided an out for the businesses looking to get rid of wokesters and I think this is how they'll probably do it. God forbid they actually pay real professionals who aren't woke to make their shit but that's another story entirely.
Take note of the language here, that's something that does interest me. She viewed the company as her 'home' no, it was your place of work. You saw university students back in the day trying to make this argument here when they were reeeeing about how triggered they were towards admin and people they hated. They viewed university as their 'home'.
Most of these people are grasping for some identity to hang onto. Normal people used to find identity in things like their God, family, and culture, but these things elude many in the church of woke. She almost certainly doesn't have kids, so she made her coworkers into family.
Yeah, I mean even though I'm not religious, this is why I don't knock spirituality as a concept even if I mock various religions and the way religious people behave at times. Like you and others have noticed a lot of these leftists are lacking not just a religious spirituality but anything meaningful to do in their lives.
Given how many leftists are going to be laid off by games studios soon enough you're going to have a lot of them sperging out big time not knowing what to do with themselves. People just need to be left alone to do what keeps them sane if it's not hurting anybody, but we can't even be allowed that anymore.