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Epic bought Bandcamp less than 2 years ago. No one had any idea why at the time and now they are already selling it, almost certainly at a loss. This is the t
by slg 3y ago
Epic bought Bandcamp less than 2 years ago. No one had any idea why at the time and now they are already selling it, almost certainly at a loss. This is the type of situation that would cause senior leadership heads to roll if there was any justice in the world, instead 16% of employees get laid off.
- rodgerd 3y agoTurns out that growth based on an assumption that your model of "slot machines for children" is not infinitely exponential and cannot subsidise "free games on PCs to compete with Steam while trying to dictate to Apple how they build their products".
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- spywaregorilla 3y agoEpic stopped selling lootboxes a couple years before grabbing bandcamp.
- happymellon 3y agoEpic is a proper trainwreck, and summerises all that is wrong with management. It feels like there is absolutely no direction except "grow customer base in every way except treating our customer and employees like humans", to the point where they give games away, and still can't take over the market.
- epolanski 3y agoCare to elaborate? In which way Epic did not treat employees like humans? I know few people at Epic myself and I've never heard them say anything but Epic being their best employer in their career, by far. Also, how do they not treat customers like humans?