Netease laid off 'Marvel Rivals' Director and his team. - ThreadSky

knoebel.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Netease laid off 'Marvel Rivals' Director and his team.

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tomwaffle.bsky.social•5 days ago

What the fuck

scottydontknovv.bsky.social•5 days ago

Wtf???

knoebel.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-director-shares-that-he-and-his-team-were-just-laid-off.1112481/

knoebel.bsky.social•5 days ago

Funfact: Netease is (re)publishing Overwatch 2 in China tomorrow.

nervrsprout.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is so ass-backwards I don't even know what. No one is incentivized to join the industry anymore with the way things are goinga

badgerfacts.bsky.social•4 days ago

It always shows the value of owning your own company, but it’s no easy task to fund healthcare and salaries for so many people.

You have so many people who are smart enough to run their own companies but have to try and pick the least shitty investor like a minefield.

thelochking.bsky.social•5 days ago

Games industry is so broken 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

pandoroo.bsky.social•5 days ago

?????

timm.cool•5 days ago

Well, that changes things

mattheww1991.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's mad, that game was pretty successful right?

mamrocha.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yup still is one of the biggest streamed games.

oktoberblitz.bsky.social•5 days ago

It’s a classic move in the games industry so they don’t have to pay bonuses

olivenaut.bsky.social•5 days ago

Insane. If this game isn’t good enough then what is?

oktoberblitz.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well you see the game shipped and made all their jobs redundant so accounting realized we could save 15 cents a month if we canned them

olivenaut.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s odd framing this as greed, when it’s moreso foolishness.

After building a game that succeeds to this extent, you should be *expanding* your dev team, to capitalize on the momentum. Not shrinking it

It’s not just greedy, it’s also stupid

mrmac23.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, yes, but the executives in charge of the game industry are such short-sighted boneheads they'd take 2 dollars today rather than 2000 tomorrow.

oktoberblitz.bsky.social•4 days ago

Making a product takes money
Which means spending money instead of making it

Therefore
You should avoid making products whenever possible

hikiru.bsky.social•5 days ago

Literally what was the point of this? They did a great job and the game is still ongoing and popular, they still need a team! What was the point?

genereyva.bsky.social•4 days ago

They still have a team.

oktoberblitz.bsky.social•5 days ago

Accounting told them they could save 15 cents

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