I did. Well, the narrator did.
What did you do instead?
In principle I agree, but it is not so easy - as I mentioned there is already a cluster there, so everyone gravitates there towards work, meaning other locations have less available talent. I guess you can solve it with some relocation bonus, but the problem still persists.
The bubble is, thankfully, bursting. I feel for those displaced, but the tech industry, not just game industry, is notoriously filled with grifters and overeducated lazy people who see tech jobs as a "life hack", and try to make 4 hour coding jobs take three months and they tie everything up in endless red tape while incessantly complaining about their government and capitalism while they get overpaid to do strikingly little due to that system all while biting the hand that feeds. They are the fat, and the industry has decided it's time to trim it.
I think you're widely overestimating the need for moar ppl here. If anything piling on more and more people reduces efficiency, not improves it. There's enough proof that it applies in the gaming industry by now.
There's an argument that the industry tried to act like the tech industry with every increasing investment in technology, human resources, licenses, trademarks, and commissions. Creative innovation, however, cannot be forced by pumping more money into the system/industry. You can't expect creativity with every increasing deadlines and even tighter risk calculations because shareholders demand a certain percentage because otherwise they could invest in something different.
If there was not a need for more people they would not go on hiring sprees a year or two before launch of a new game to help ship it. This happens at every studio.
Would it though, depends on where the relocation takes place.
Read this. What is in jeopardy is the AAA bloat games, not the whole industry.
sonyinteractive.com
I think you're widely overestimating the need for moar ppl here. If anything piling on more and more people reduces efficiency, not improves it. There's enough proof that it applies in the gaming industry by now.
Sometimes, the purple forum comes up with some interesting stuff. Grain of salt and all ofc.
Ah yes.I think you're widely overestimating the need for moar ppl here. If anything piling on more and more people reduces efficiency, not improves it. There's enough proof that it applies in the gaming industry by now.
Sometimes, the purple forum comes up with some interesting stuff. Grain of salt and all ofc.
Yeah well this may just be my last gen. It’s been a great hobby.Read this. What is in jeopardy is the AAA bloat games, not the whole industry.
"Delivering the immersive, narrative-driven stories that PlayStation Studios is known for, at the quality bar that we aspire to, requires a re-evaluation of how we operate.
Delivering and sustaining social, online experiences – allowing PlayStation gamers to explore our worlds in different ways – as well as launching games on additional devices such as PC and Mobile, requires a different approach and different resources."
An Important Update from PlayStation Studios
Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment initiated a reduction in our workforce – including within PlayStation Studios – and I wanted to talk about the impact that will have. These decisions have been extremely difficult, but they are necessary, and I think it’s important to be transparent: The...
Sounds like they have to go hard on PC releases and GAAS. They're literally explaining that continuing with the same approach is not an option.
As you allude to in the next paragraph, those guys just get laid off or their contracts happen to end on release quarter.
The sooner Nixxes starts on that as opposed to being a PC port studio, the better.
Might as well blame everything on the tories, you'll be right about 80% of the time.
I think its not about $100 million saved. it's about the message it sends to the shareholders that they are doing something to offset the drop in profits.
Still costs them way more to do it. And honestly, I don't have that problem. I'm quite selective with the games I buy, and if anything, I've seen a minor uptick in the quality of game I get on the disc.
No disrespect buddy, what do you think these layoffs are for? The largest cost of these companies are salary earners.
Unless it craters, seems the next big thing is PvE experiences with extremely unobtrusive monetization.
I'm not necessarily agreeing with that part, and if I did, it would be for the reason that government conservatives in the UK, like most of Europe, have been low budget socialists for the entirety of their modern run; a point everyone on reee would be compelled to loathe and disagree with. Ie "the problem is the Tories are not socialist enough".
Now you see why all people talk about on here is sales numbers.
My guess is these people were just hire's made during covid lockdowns and somewhat aren't working for the Org anymore.
