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Reminds of when Rockstar laid off Red Dead Redemption staff despite great sales figures.

• jmcgough 3y ago
  Game dev is pretty different though. There's huge internal shifts in need for headcount since everything is often tied to development of a specific game. It's pretty common to lay off employees after a game gets shipped.
  • consp 3y ago
    > It's pretty common to lay off employees after a game gets shipped. While it is common... Why? You can employ people on a limited time or production span duration. I don't see the point in pretending to give someone a permanent job to only lay them off anyways.
    • bonton89 3y ago
      Probably helps keep their wages lower and prevents them from bailing on a late project like if they had a contract with a time limit. On the other hand, I wouldn't exactly be killing myself to ship on time if I was going to get laid off afterwards.