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Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bullshit like this is why our industry is a mess, Nintendo may be greedy fucks but their code is good because the same dudes have been working there since the fucken 80s.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Japan, the barrier to firing workers is much higher than in many other places. Even layoffs for financial reasons are tough and can be challenged. This is one reason companies sit on hordes of cash here is to weather financial issues, but it also has negative economic impacts as well. That said, Nintendo are a bunch of greedy cunts IMO, and I try never to buy anything new from them anymore (just buying used where they don't get a cut).

[–] Semjaza 6 points 3 weeks ago

In the US the barrier to firing workers is much lower than in other countries. Even layoffs for purely arbitrary or personal reasons are easy and hard to challenge in courts. This is one of the reasons companies have little free capital and choose to lay off many workers as soon as the market looks to be turning. But it also has positive economic impacts as well. That said, EA are a bunch of greedy cunts, and I try never to buy anything new from them anymore (just buying used where they don't get a cut, if they released any games worth owning).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think a lot of what comes out of Japan is better than the West because they haven't given up their idea of the company man.

Like it or not, having to switch jobs every few years is going to impact your performance.

Most of you have no idea how much easier it is to process information when you accept that you'll be doing it the same way for decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

at least the west is starting to acknowledge the torturous monotony of doing the same job for decades.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lots of people prefer the comfort of familiarity.