nanoUFOMtoGames@sh.itjust.worksEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.caLast Disco Elysium writer laid off by ZA/UM speaks out(videogames.si.com)external-linkarrow-up150arrow-down11message-square5fedilink
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkLast Disco Elysium writer laid off by ZA/UM speaks out(videogames.si.com)nanoUFOMtoGames@sh.itjust.worksEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.camessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareP03 LockeEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agolinkfedilinkThere 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-squaremindbleachEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkGaming 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.