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Veraxus, w CD Projekt employees form a union
@Veraxus@kbin.social avatar

I am so happy for them and proud of them. This is the correct response to unnecessary layoffs or any other worker abuse. I hope more people in the industry will follow their example!

DocBlaze,

unnecessary

I hate to have to justify layoffs but it’s at least true that lots of studios are unexpectedly (from a couple years ago) hemorrhaging cash right now. anytime inflation is so high for so long, discretionary spending on entertainment is near the first to get cut from consumers budgets. people aren’t sitting at home like we were in 2021 only buying digital entertainment anymore.

Wirrvogel,
@Wirrvogel@feddit.de avatar

EPIC is laying off 900 people so Tim Sweeney can follow his stupid dream of a Meataverse. He even said this in his “apology letter” where he writes, that he spends too much on metaverse, so he has to lay off people, but then he ends with the promise to continue to overspend on the same thing going forward.

He lays off 900 people, 1/3 of them even core people making his game(s).

It is stupid decisions like this that make the layoffs “necessary”, not anything actually related to the development of games, when it comes to these big developers/publishers.

Don’t let them fool you that this could not have been prevented.

www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/…/layoffs-at-epic

For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn, investing in the next evolution of Epic and growing Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators. I had long been optimistic that we could power through this transition without layoffs, but in retrospect I see that this was unrealistic.

and

About two-thirds of the layoffs were in teams outside of core development. Some of our products and initiatives will land on schedule, and some may not ship when planned because they are under-resourced for the time being. We’re ok with the schedule tradeoff if it means holding on to our ability to achieve our goals, get to the other side of profitability and become a leading metaverse company.

He is totally fine with crunch because he on purpose understaffed his core development teams, he is happy for an upcoming community event while having laid off all the staff for that and will continue to make the same mistake again, while laying off 900 people at a time where getting a new job is hard and where many of them rely on finding a new job or losing their working visas.

Fuck him! Do not defend him!

DocBlaze,

I’m not just taking about epic, there were layoffs in basically every gaming company that exists the past few months

see this for more: lemmy.myserv.one/post/2907340

unity, naughty dog, Ubisoft, EA, Amazon games (twitch) and much more.

junezephier,
DocBlaze,

bit of a strawmans argument you’re refuting here.

Fraylor,

While you fought for workers rights, I studied the blade.

While you were attending strikes against America’s true citizens, I mastered the block chain.

While you wrote to your government, I cultivated inner wealth

Now that the world is on fire and we’re at fault for it, you have the audacity to come to me for a living wage?

HughJanus,

TIL CDPR is a multi-billion dollar company

junezephier,

Kind of? Idk it’s not the most accurate meme for the situation, and possibly a little mean spirited.https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/a559532e-efae-4889-a850-c9f30282b355.png

Rooty, w Meta Quest 3 demand allegedly 5 million units below expected level

So the complaint is that sales are not as large as the inflated projections. Have these clowns in three piece suits even tried their shitshow of a product?

NuPNuA,

Everyone I know with a quest speaks quite highly of it and how freeing it is compared to tethered headsets.

MrNobody,

Because the tether for the quest isn’t a physical one but a digital one.

GaimDS, w CD Projekt employees form a union
@GaimDS@lemmy.world avatar

Finally, some gaming news that are not about layoffs💪

HeavyRaptor, w AMD FSR3 Hands-On: Promising Image Quality, But There Are Problems - DF First Look

I’m excited for this. Its a shame they don’t allow dlss upscaling to work with AMD frame generation. Hopefully they can work out the kinks with vrr though.

PraiseTheSoup, w CD Projekt Spent Roughly $125 Million Turning Cyberpunk 2077 Around Post-Launch

$125 million and the game still sucks. I beat it at launch and I can’t even tell where they spent all that money. Hotdog textures must be expensive.

PurpleTentacle, w Ubisoft Games Now Available for Standalone Purchase on Amazon Luna

They used to be the biggest publisher on Stadia as well and they couldn’t have handled Stadia’s shutdown any better than they did:

Even though Stadia refunded all purchases, Ubisoft still granted each owner of their titles on Stadia the full, non-plus-ultra-deluxe PC version of each of those game on their launcher. Automatically, for free, and without talking much about it.

bappity, w CD Projekt employees form a union
@bappity@lemmy.world avatar

good for them!! glad to see more and more places forming unions these days

banazir, w CD Projekt employees form a union
@banazir@lemmy.ml avatar

Well that’s nice. Games industry is not known for treating it’s employees fairly. Or even humanely. I don’t know what the situation is in Poland, but I hope this is a positive development for them.

magikmw,

Reports of months of crunch before Cyberpunk’s release make the image pretty clear. There’s bunch of small indies and some midsized contractor companies in Poland, but not many on AAA level. Techland, CDP and People Can Fly (I think they are independent from Epic again?) are the only ones I can think of. Oh 11bit maybe.

1984, w Modern Warships — PC Release Trailer
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

This looks pretty bad to be honest.

Rampsquatch,

I bet you’re right, they didn’t show any gameplay in that video at all.

1984, w Why CCP haven't stopped trying to make an EVE Online shooter for 15 years
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I remember Eve Online. Excellent screen saver with spin the ship features.

Chunk,

I just came off a bipolar induced manic phase. I hyper focused on eve and played it literally 8-12 hours a day for a few weeks.

The game is fun. It’s a slow burn and a lot of the allure comes from the setting itself. I don’t have nearly enough time to play anymore. Getting your ship into the pvp zone, finding a group, and finding a fight can easily take an hour.

Nacktmull,
@Nacktmull@lemmy.world avatar

I also never really got into it because it is pretty boring. Another reason is the time sink / grindfest this game is. If I want a job I will get one that pays me and not the other way around. That is ofc just my opinion and I send a glhf to everyone who enjoys playing EVE!

1984,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I played it while I was unemployed, it’s great for that. You can spend your entire days in there, and forget about your problems in the real world.

Nacktmull,
@Nacktmull@lemmy.world avatar

I am not unfamiliar with what you are describing. Games can be of help in certain situations and as long as we don’t get too lost in them and don’t neglect our real life there is nothing wrong with it.

clay_pidgin, w Why CCP haven't stopped trying to make an EVE Online shooter for 15 years

It should be fun. The Fanfest presentations went well and players are cautiously optimistic about Vanguard. Dust was popular, but not successful commercially. In part, that’s because it was a console exclusive that tied to a PC-only main game. If anyone has questions about EVE, let me know.

ThatOneDudeFromOhio,

o7

clay_pidgin,

o7, capsuleer.

Risk,

Regarding Vanguard - how will it tie in to EVE? Will Vanguard players be able to sell stuff to EVE players for currency?

clay_pidgin,

I haven’t heard anything about how vanguard will tie into the economy, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

There’s a new pirate faction-team-up called "the deathless"and several new pirate ships, and I would imagine that Vanguard players might get faction LP which they could sell or use.

otter, w Why CCP haven't stopped trying to make an EVE Online shooter for 15 years

CCP hf., doing business as CCP Games, is an Icelandic video game developer based in Reykjavík. Novator Partners and General Catalyst had previously collectively owned a majority stake in the company, and in September 2018, CCP was acquired by South Korean video game publisher Pearl Abyss for $425 million.[1] CCP Games is best known for developing Eve Online, which was released in 2003 and has since been maintained.

I didn’t know the acronyms

tal, w Why CCP haven't stopped trying to make an EVE Online shooter for 15 years
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

Icelandic developers CCP

Not

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP),

For anyone else who stared at the headline for a moment in confusion.

sharkfucker420,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

I was wondering why the Chinese Communist party would be making video games lmao

Kidplayer_666,

Same here

Chariotwheel,

They just really like EVE Online.

Maajmaaj, w Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Getting offline mode
@Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca avatar

Fuck yeah! Between this game and darktide, I’ve been playing 40k games non stop. It’s so awesome that Inquisitor is only $10 on steam

Weylandyuta,

Yeah the definitive edition sale came in clutch. I only had the base game and the tech priest on PS5 but now I have the sororitas and the mission dlcs all for a tenner on steam. Should pair nicely with the steam deck.

hoshikarakitaridia, w CD Projekt employees form a union

Omg that’s so important.

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