Xbox Boss Phil Spencer
Get rid of that fucker first
but he still needs to collect his Q3 bonus cheque 🥺
But, but, he’s a gamer bro :(
Man if big studios are constantly layng ppl off, that means in a few years we will probably have an influx of even more small game studios and it’s gonna be way harder for big companies to acquire them.
Though I don’t like the layoffs, I like the world in which game developers are back to steering their own company again.
They do layoffs and rehire later though
One of, if not the wealthiest company on the planet, acting like they can’t afford it. These people need to come back down to reality.
They wanted the IP not the staff.
And people thought 14 years of copyright was too short… you play capitalist games of granting virtually infinite monopolies (trademarks are incredibly effective at restricting the public domain), as property to sell and trade to the highest bidders, the public domain be damned, and you get capitalist prizes like massive layoffs and unemployment and a deteriorating, corporation-owned culture
This is why they’re one of the wealthiest companies on the planet. They’re very good at “business”, which is just a way of saying they’re good at maximising profits.
