thudge_mcgerk@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 2 年前Sony laying off 900 PlayStation employees, London Studio to close in its entiretywww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkSony laying off 900 PlayStation employees, London Studio to close in its entiretywww.eurogamer.netthudge_mcgerk@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 2 年前message-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 年前I think the new management at Sony agrees, but what that means is that people get laid off.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前As if this existing studio has been corrupted by Sony’s big budgets, and putting together a whole new studio will cost less than telling one group to figure out how to make two games.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前If only costs, personnel, and risk could be divided that easily.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前Right, because tanking a working company with nine hundred people is cheap and simple.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 年前Long-term, it is in fact cheaper to not pay 900 people than it is to pay them.
I think the new management at Sony agrees, but what that means is that people get laid off.
As if this existing studio has been corrupted by Sony’s big budgets, and putting together a whole new studio will cost less than telling one group to figure out how to make two games.
If only costs, personnel, and risk could be divided that easily.
Right, because tanking a working company with nine hundred people is cheap and simple.
Long-term, it is in fact cheaper to not pay 900 people than it is to pay them.