Subj : Layoffs
To   : Arelor
From : Accession
Date : Tue May 07 2024 16:53:32

On Tue, 7 May 2024 17:03:56 -0500, you wrote:

 A> Making an AAA game is very expensive. As in brutally expensive. If you
 A> release a game and it does not sell well, the studio goes kaput. This
 A> has lead to a number of risk reduction tactics, one of which is reusing
 A> old engines and code to death.

Simple answer to that, stop making garbage. Stop rehashing the same CODs every single year. Do something new and intuitive. MW2 was a massive dump station, so they quickly made MW3 and called it an "upgrade" yet charged full price for it.

 A> The problem? You can only reuse and add patches on an old engine for so
 A> long. After 20 years the whole thing becomes a bit unmaintanable and
 A> also very inefficient on your consumer's gaming gear.

Agreed.

 A> So yeah, I am not surprised studios are taking random desperate actions
 A> at times.

I don't think it's a new thing. There have been plenty of big layoffs after AAA games are released. Most of these companies are fairly small, and when they take on a project of that grand of a scale, they have to hire a boatload of developers in order to make their deadlines. Once the deadlines are met, they scale back down.

Regards,
Nick

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