EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, ‘Moving Away From Licensed IPs’::Electronic Arts has announced that it, too, is undergoing mass layoffs, with plans to let go 5% of its total global staff, or roughly 670 individuals.
Here’s a thought… maybe they could try making a good game?
Ahahaha what do you think it’s 1995?
Releasing a big crop of talent for indie studios to snap up …perhaps this is how to turn back the tide against indie studios cutting into their recurring revenue.
5%? I get that 700 ppl is a big number but 5% is pretty tame for the games industry. AAA sheds more than that after a big title releases.
I had to re-read because at first I thought you were referencing “big tittie releases”
I mean I’m game if you are. :)
Well as a gay person it doesn’t quite do it for me lol
Heh, That’s fair. I wasn’t presuming gender or orientation, mostly just for the LoLs.
Me too. :)
EA can fuck off
Writing is on the walls. AAA game studios are going to suffer. AI is levelling the playing field.
Buy puts.
Edit: lol wow that’s a lot of downvotes. Okay, you guys buy calls, I’ll buy puts. Let’s see how it shakes out!
I’m holding my judgment on AI assisted content. I already feel ai writing and image generation is still shitty, I’m less interested in something more complex like a video game.
Also, my 20+ years in the workforce has taught me that large and small companies suffer the same exact problems and both are greedy. Ai will be used to not hire workers, but to increase worker output , not lighten their load.
I trust indie companies to maybe make better content, but I expect them to rip off workers.
Not that I’m defending EA. There’ve ruined so many franchises.
The downvotes are for your hot take on AI, not that people think the studios are fine. Of course I’d prefer comments explaining why that’s a silly thing to say instead of everyone jumping on the downvote bandwagon…
Buy puts?
Overly simplified: It’s a term used to indicate that you should bet the stock is going down if you are a stock holder.
