Industry and Video game layoff thread |OT| Any future layoff info please place in here.

[Dr Bass]

FTC and CMA had open channels to hear from employees objecting to the acquisition. Nada.
For anyone with half a brain knew such mass consolidation was bad news
Instead Twitter was flooded with ABK employees cheerleading the acquisition
As I said you reap what you sow

Don't need to mention these people actively sought employment with the scummiest company in the industry and actively partook in the greed and worst monetisation practices that have greatly harmed gamers in the past decade

You don't know the thoughts and feelings of every person laid off is the point. Maybe some were for, some were against. Maybe some were ambivalent and just cared about keeping their jobs, and they were told this would be better for that goal. We don't know.

Lashing out at the people directly affected saying they "deserve it" is kinda crazy.

 

[Eggman]

Seeing Xbox fans say things like "the people laid off probably had bad HR records"

The things they pull out if their asses to defend Microsoft

 

[Nimrota]

That windows central article the other day aged pretty well now didn't it?

 

[Entropi]

Seeing Xbox fans say things like "the people laid off probably had bad HR records"

The things they pull out if their asses to defend Microsoft

There’s no bottom deep enough for these people, but It’s nice to see some are finally unwilling to swallow the BS Xbox has forced-feed them for more than a decade.

 

[Eggman]

Of course this guy was banned from Resetera

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ig...ts-video-game-workforce.809208/post-118131813

He will be one of us soon enough if not already

 

[Nhomnhom]

Dudes saying they aren't even allowed to go get their stuff at their desk, completely classless organization. I somehow hate MS even more now, if that's even possible.

 

[Entropi]

Of course this guy was banned from Resetera

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ig...ts-video-game-workforce.809208/post-118131813

He will be one of us soon enough if not already

I can not understand why anyone who is not an Xbox zealot hasn’t escaped from that hell of a place.

 

[Shmunter]

I wonder if the Acti/Blizz employees were made aware of the pitfalls of such a merger. Was the inevitable redundancy drive and efficiency slashing disclosed to the staff? Or was it brushed under the carpet, maybe even promised to the contrary.

You really need to be pretty dim witted to not realise these things always end up here. An independed fully functioning corp like Activision performs tasks that MS does as well - of course you merge and cut duplication, drive efficiency, absorb.

The staff protesting with pickets, begging to be saved by Phil from the evil clutches of Bobby seemed like such brainless lemmings. Or were paid in some way like paid shill Muller, MIA since acquisition finalised - job done.

 

[Yobo]

 

[Shmunter]

Not sure if it will be the case.

The percentage of digital vs phisical sales keeps increasing. In this chart they keep the same for CY25 and 26, but makes more sense that in CY25-28 will continue decreasing to become almost zero or just a couple billions, mostly from Nintendo where the % of digital sales way bigger.

Physical game sales are being replaced by digital sales. And game sales are being replaced by addon (GaaS/F2P) sales.

Physical Vs Digital full game estimates place them neck and neck with 21 vs 22 looking better for the ratio.

 

[Shmunter]

in the pockets of big Corp, only way to explain it.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

They were free to speak up during the 2 years Activision saga. All of them were silent while Sony was the only voice against the merger.

They could even speak anonymously to journalists but instead we got reports that Activision devs were "daydreaming" about the acquisition (I still remember that embarrassing shit).

Remember this too?







All these pics were used to promote the acquisition and to show how happy the employees were. They chose their faith.

Do you think someone was gonna photobomb them and somehow that would get published on the company's twitter profile?

This is not like it would have made a difference, at least now they get some kind of minimally guaranteed severance package depending on where they live and what their position is... When it happened to me I had enough money to take a 9 month vacation (many colleagues did something similar) + fill my RRSP with quite a lot of money.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

That sonofabich still owes me a free game for losing the bet. Don't think I forgot, Sage. I just haven't been bothered to bring it up in a while

 

[Jim Ryan]

 

[Eggman]

This guy called the layoffs last year on Resetera, what a shocker that he's banned

 

[ultimateFF]

I can not understand why anyone who is not an Xbox zealot hasn’t escaped from that hell of a place.

They are prefer to be abused, just to maintain some kind of brand representation in the already oppressed, cornered community lol.

 

[Box]

This guy called the layoffs last year on Resetera, what a shocker that he's banned

Resetera mods are just as bad as reddit and discord mods, you just know they are some fat loser neckbeards

 

[ultimateFF]

I have a bad feeling that all these news, are just small appetizer for something big coming next week. So guys, hold on to your butt next week and witness the eksbotz:

 

[Gods&Monsters]

This guy called the layoffs last year on Resetera, what a shocker that he's banned

They have an account here too

 

[Kx11]

Everyone is ignoring the alarming fact that the economy is going downhill super fast, so many layoff in January alone from almost all corps, what's happening in February?