nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoLast Disco Elysium writer laid off by ZA/UM speaks outvideogames.si.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkLast Disco Elysium writer laid off by ZA/UM speaks outvideogames.si.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoThere is hope that some other new company might form from the ashes. Game companies go through cycles of this all the time. Hell, just look at what happened with Second Wind. Not exactly a game company, but a similar situation.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoGaming has the purest opportunities for employers to say “you’re all fired,” and employeers to just carry on without the employer. It’s not like there’s a factory.
There is hope that some other new company might form from the ashes. Game companies go through cycles of this all the time.
Hell, just look at what happened with Second Wind. Not exactly a game company, but a similar situation.
Gaming has the purest opportunities for employers to say “you’re all fired,” and employeers to just carry on without the employer.
It’s not like there’s a factory.