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lefixxx, do games w Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day ... remains completely unchanged'

Fuck off. Replacing the leadership is a clear sign of enshittification. If you want the benefit make a meaningful statement about monetization .

vxx, do games w Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day ... remains completely unchanged'

They should just answer one question: Will Subnautica 2 have microtransactions under the new leadership?

iamtherealwalrus,

Developer Unknown Worlds has shared a letter asking for patience from Subnautica fans after publisher Krafton announced the departure of its senior leadership⁠—including studio co-founder Max McGuire⁠—and the installation of Dead Space producer and Striking Distance (The Callisto Protocol) CEO, Steve Papoutsis, as the new studio head.

The letter does firmly deny that the game will be live serviceified or otherwise experience a monetization change.

13igTyme,

The answer is always yes. No details needed.

NastyNative, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work
@NastyNative@mander.xyz avatar

Tell em when they get back to their offices this way the issue takes care of it self! Scumbags

Ephera, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

From what I know of large corporations, I’d honestly be surprised, if the Microsofties they met, knew that this was happening…

dormedas, do games w Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day ... remains completely unchanged'

Oops, they just admitted that leadership doesn’t really DO anything.

MentalEdge,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

Like for real.

Were the people who actually do nothing really the ones to get axe for once?

Omegamanthethird,
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

Middle management gets the shaft all the time. It’s the yes men at the top who never get touched.

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Katana314, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

I feel a bit of shame that back in the Win7, Xbox Series S era of Microsoft I was sort of cheering them on as an underdog in several markets.

But it does seem like every large company is driving these zero sum efforts now. Anyone that high up is chomping for workforce reduction.

If larger-scale changes don’t prove possible, I still want Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism act as a way for majority workforce in a company to declare “No, this way is insane, fire whoever suggested it” earlier rather than later.

SGG, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

Of course they wouldn’t mention it, to Microsoft they were just numbers on a spreadsheet, not people.

defaultusername,

Just like every other corporation.

cronenthal, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

I get a feeling MS doesn’t want to be in the game production/publishing space anymore. They see bigger growth opportunities elsewhere. I personally believe that it’s a big mistake and the ai bubble will cost them dearly, but chasing very short term profitability has never hurt an executive.

Damage,

They have enough money to weather major mistakes, unfortunately for everyone

brsrklf,

Too bad they decided they did not want to do it anymore after buying half of the world’s game studios, then.

cronenthal,

They took a huge bet on consolidation and it didn’t really pay off. Now they’re writing it off.

Nikls94, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

Microsoft‘s fuckery continues. Glad I ditched them.

cronenthal,

Amen!

Damage, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

Truth is they have increased their yearly evil quotas, so now they have to find new ways to fulfill then

RejZoR, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

It’s a shame that Microsoft owns id Software and Bethesda now. They’ll fuck that up too along with all the major IPs they own. Coz they are stupid too large corporate bullshit that only looks at numbers and nothing else.

mohab, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

The Mafia shit continues with no repercussions because governments nowadays are by the corporations and for the corporations.

SnotFlickerman, do games w Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Microsoft probably were thinking “He’s just making another Daikatana, anyway.”

Sophocles, do gaming w European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice"

I hate that they tried to blame the developers here. I feel like they are just as exploited as the consumers. Many times have I tried to be passionate about my own work only to have it crushed and expunged by greedy upper management. I’d hate to be them working years on a passion project only to have it degraded by corporate grifters sending it into microtransaction hell

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