Comment on #StopPayingGames
athatet@lemmy.zip 1 day agoWhat are you talking about? Game devs are constantly being laid off even after the product they create, creates profits for the corp.
Comment on #StopPayingGames
athatet@lemmy.zip 1 day agoWhat are you talking about? Game devs are constantly being laid off even after the product they create, creates profits for the corp.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s a different story entirely. That’s poor allocation of resources on large projects, when certain disciplines needed at the end of a project don’t necessarily have work to do at the beginning of another. The money that hired those people in the first place still came from selling the company’s previous video games.
Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Eh, there are enough news reports of record profit game sales followed by massive layoffs to say otherwise. The poor allocation of resources you’re talking about? Bonuses to upper management :/
I will 100% pay full price for an indie-published game, for a game published by an honorable corp. If that company is fucking over its development team, layed off the development team after a successful launch, or is doing some unscrupulous shit, the black flag is raised.
If further projects by that big corp aren’t funded, oh no! That’s the point. Starve the bastards enough that they change their ways or give up the game.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That doesn’t dispute what I said in the slightest.
Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 1 day ago
This you?