I spoke to over 40 game developers whose companies had been impacted by layoffs in the last year. They shared with me the explanations companies gave them for what was causing the sudden loss of their livelihood, but they also told me why those explanations didn’t always seem to match reality.
Oh boo hoo, our crappy live-service battle pass ripoff game #7 wasn’t as successful as Fortnite. Now the investors want $6 Billion dollars back so guess it’s time to kill all the interns and use the life insurance money to pay dividends.
Oh boo hoo, our crappy live-service battle pass ripoff game #7 wasn’t as successful as Fortnite. Now the investors want $6 Billion dollars back so guess it’s time to kill all the interns and use the life insurance money to pay dividends.