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The article says the layoffs are "mostly" not dev teams, but rather on the publishing side.

• chrisseaton 8y ago
  What's the difference between development and publishing?
  • jmchuster 8y ago
    In this case, since Blizzard is both publisher and developer, it basically means marketing. When a publisher is separate from the developer, the publisher is also mostly responsible for funding the game development.
  • the_duke 8y ago
    Developer: artists, developers, writers, ... Publisher: marketing, distribution, payment processing, support, ...
    • baud147258 8y ago
      You can add QA for publishers too.
  • rjf72 8y ago
    Developers are the people who's job is to make a game. Publishers are the people who's job is to sell a game. Developer = programmers, designers, artists, sound guys, ... Publisher = marketing, finance, accounting, advertising, guy-who-says-you-must-have-microtransactions, ...
• deleted 8y ago
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