thudge_mcgerk@kbin.social to Games · 7 months agoSony laying off 900 PlayStation employees, London Studio to close in its entiretywww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoI think the new management at Sony agrees, but what that means is that people get laid off.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoAs 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-up2·7 months agoIf only costs, personnel, and risk could be divided that easily.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoRight, because tanking a working company with nine hundred people is cheap and simple.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoLong-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.