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Fiivemacs, do games w Microsoft to lay off 1900 people across Xbox and Activision Blizzard | Eurogamer

Story is developing…lol ok

Anyone who didn’t see this coming is just blind. Anytime a company acquired another, there is ALWAYS layoffs. Before and after mergers.

echo64,

there is. this is at a large scale however. and involved cancelling projects. normally this happens because of redundancies in rolls (like QA for example, microsoft already has QA, marketing, stuff like that)

this is still an unusual size.

Paradachshund,

The level of cope around this merger was insane. It’s never a good thing, people.

stardust, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"

Why aren’t they playing the reliable death threat card to get criticism off their backs.

Viatorem,

Waiting for the day a company trys suicide baiting on twitter

Computerchairgeneral, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"

Sure, it was. That was the big problem when the game launched. And I'm sure all the other claims in the article are equally true.

BolexForSoup, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"
@BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

“People on the black market paid $200 for our game!”

[X] Doubt

NounsAndWords, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"

“And we would’ve gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling bloggers.”

Turious, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"

This story should be done and dusted but these devs keep dredging it up and coming back for more. It’s really astounding.

verysoft,

People keep reading their tweets and clicking on the articles.

amio,

It's like Sideshow Bob in a field of rakes.

bstix, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"

I enjoy popcorn with this shit show.

The whole thing was poorly managed and there’s nothing they can say now to tell a different tale. I hope the people who put any effort into it gets paid somehow.

littletranspunk, do gaming w The Day Before developer resurfaces to blame failure on "hate campaign"

Does… Does he not know people recorded themselves trying to play?

thingsiplay, do gaming w Valve likely earned over $1bn in Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes last year
@thingsiplay@kbin.social avatar

Last year after I showed off my brother the Steam Deck, he decided to sell most of his CS:GO skins and purchase with the money the Steam Deck (but 64gb model). It was one of his best decisions, because he was thinking of getting a cheap laptop to play simple games and do simple web browsing.

Now he is a Linux user. :> Gott'em!

FeelzGoodMan420, do gaming w Valve likely earned over $1bn in Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes last year

I haven’t bought a single fucking skin/box key since I started playing csgo in like 2014 :-). I guess I’m a fucking weirdo or something

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

Me either, although a few years ago I sold some weapon skins and loot boxes that I received from playing CS Go when it first came out for enough Valve bucks or whatever to buy a couple of new games!

Loot boxes should not be in computer games.

FeelzGoodMan420,

This is the way.

thingsiplay,
@thingsiplay@kbin.social avatar

Loot boxes should not be in computer games.

As much as I like Valve, Valve is one of the major player bringing and normalizing Lootboxes into games. Even before the Lootboxes was a thing on smartphones, let alone before they arrived on other AAA games as well. I think this is the worst contribution of Valve to videogames. And this statement comes from someone who usually defends this company.

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

Same! I don't play CS 2 and pretty much forgot that they do the lootbox thing.

WanderingPoltergeist, do gaming w Multiplayer being 'considered' for Cyberpunk 2077 sequel says CD Projekt
@WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social avatar

If it's optional, I don't mind if multiplayer is being considered. However, I want them to focus fully on making a rich single-player experience (my personal preference for games) as a lot of games that just shoehorned in multiplayer were lacking in the single-player experience. My interest is always diminished by the mention of multiplayer, I will take a wait and see approach when this sequel is released and reviewed before forming a real opinion.

feoh, do gaming w Twitch "isn't profitable" admits CEO, in wake of recent layoffs

Former Amazon employee here - Twitch is IMO a perfect example of Amazon tactics. Acquire, ignore, drain the engineering team down to a skeleton crew, further en- 💩 -ify the platform, and then wonder why profits are dwindling.

Eggyhead, do gaming w Multiplayer being 'considered' for Cyberpunk 2077 sequel says CD Projekt
@Eggyhead@kbin.social avatar

Story-mode co-op? Massive, enthusiastic yes please.
Competitive matches? Fine for anyone who likes that sort of thing, I guess.

kayjay, do gaming w Multiplayer being 'considered' for Cyberpunk 2077 sequel says CD Projekt

You’d think they would’ve learned. Guess not.

KyoStarr, (edited ) do gaming w Multiplayer being 'considered' for Cyberpunk 2077 sequel says CD Projekt
@KyoStarr@kbin.social avatar

I'm so tired of the AAA hype machine. Who cares, since this game is years away from a release and probably 3-4 years of post-release patches from being decent.

I thought CD Projekt would have learned from Cyberpunk's incredibly prolonged marketing campaign and it's remarkably shoddy release but I guess not.

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