oscarlavi

@oscarlavi@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CD Projekt Is Not Interested in Being Acquired⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Insomniac, the dev team behind the wildly successful Spider-Man games just had a leak. In the leak, it’s discovered that they were strong-armed by Sony (who owns Insomniac) to downsize staff despite exceeding sales targets and hitting goals. They needed to downsize to help balance Sony’s books, who have acquired a slew of failing or underperforming studios.

  Sony owns Studio A, and Studio B. Studio B have underperformed for the last few years, whilst Studio A has outperformed their targets. Because of the shortcomings in Studio B, Sony are now out of pocket, even accounting for the earnings of Studio A. Studio A are forced to eliminate staff roles to make up for Studio B’s mismanagement. A well oiled and well performing Studio have to butcher their teams to balance their parent entity’s books. It’s so fucking short sighted and stupid.

  This isn’t just a Sony/Insomniac issue either, I guarantee this goes on throughout the industry whenever there’s a parent company. It’s just how it will always be in those circumstances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Frasier’ Revival Sets Premiere Date at Paramount+, First Two Episodes to Air on CBS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed Frasier, but not because of Frasier himself. I really enjoyed seeing the interaction between him and his brother Niles, along with Roz, Daphne etc.

  So if this is just a show about Frasier, then I’m out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New video from Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Insulated Furnace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit, I forgot this channel existed, I loved Primitive Technology a few years ago. Thanks for the reminder!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palia | Official Gameplay First Look⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Each to their own, sometimes a cosy game scratches just the right itch