nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agoEA’s BioWare will lay off 50 and cut ties with unionized Keywords playtesting groupventurebeat.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down12
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkEA’s BioWare will lay off 50 and cut ties with unionized Keywords playtesting groupventurebeat.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareEnglish Mobster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoEA’s been doing layoffs all year. They announced back in May that they’re cutting 6% of all positions across the company. This is likely part of that, since the layoffs will continue through September.
minus-squareRegularGoose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-211 months agoAre we really pretending EA doesn’t do this to every studio that shows a hint of profit decrease? It’s been a major part of their business model for a decade or more.
minus-squareShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down12·11 months agoShhhh, they are telling a story. They took a lot of time imagining that up.
EA’s been doing layoffs all year. They announced back in May that they’re cutting 6% of all positions across the company. This is likely part of that, since the layoffs will continue through September.
Are we really pretending EA doesn’t do this to every studio that shows a hint of profit decrease? It’s been a major part of their business model for a decade or more.
Shhhh, they are telling a story. They took a lot of time imagining that up.