Comment on Palia studio Singularity 6 confirms 36 workers have been laid off
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
I was concerned about this business model from the onset and my worries have proven accurate! Buying the game while in early access would’ve given them more funding to work with instead of going with a free to play with cosmetic only purchases. I hope the affected developers are going to be okay in this layoff heavy year. 😭
glitches_brew@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cosmetics are expensive too. I’m afraid a majority of players won’t pay those prices. If they offered some lower priced items they might have more consistent income.
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
That’s what I thought too…In addition, needing to buy a fake currency with real money before being able to buy a skin pack has a dark pattern vibe to it! They would’ve been better off making the skin packs cheaper (using real world money) and listing their game for a reasonable price during early access. However, their staff is paying the price for the leaders poor decision and that honestly sucks!