29th February 2024, 7:18 AM
It's not just that. Layoffs are happening in many industries right now. Layoffs of people that the executives could easily afford to pay through the hard times, as is legally required in Japan, where layoffs must be a last resort. Thing is, Sony's layoffs are only occurring in overseas development houses, not locally, due to that.
They really are spending way too much on developing these games, but the other part is their "live service" models are being rejected by gaming at large. I won't speculate on specific gaming industry causes though, not when every industry is being hit with this stuff.
They really are spending way too much on developing these games, but the other part is their "live service" models are being rejected by gaming at large. I won't speculate on specific gaming industry causes though, not when every industry is being hit with this stuff.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)