EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, ‘Moving Away From Licensed IPs’::Electronic Arts has announced that it, too, is undergoing mass layoffs, with plans to let go 5% of its total global staff, or roughly 670 individuals.
Here’s a thought… maybe they could try making a good game?
Ahahaha what do you think it’s 1995?
I mean you gotta give em credit, they are getting a bit better lately.
5%? I get that 700 ppl is a big number but 5% is pretty tame for the games industry. AAA sheds more than that after a big title releases.
I had to re-read because at first I thought you were referencing “big tittie releases”
I mean I’m game if you are. :)
Well as a gay person it doesn’t quite do it for me lol
Releasing a big crop of talent for indie studios to snap up …perhaps this is how to turn back the tide against indie studios cutting into their recurring revenue.
Writing is on the walls. AAA game studios are going to suffer. AI is levelling the playing field.
Buy puts.
Edit: lol wow that’s a lot of downvotes. Okay, you guys buy calls, I’ll buy puts. Let’s see how it shakes out!
I’m holding my judgment on AI assisted content. I already feel ai writing and image generation is still shitty, I’m less interested in something more complex like a video game.
Also, my 20+ years in the workforce has taught me that large and small companies suffer the same exact problems and both are greedy. Ai will be used to not hire workers, but to increase worker output , not lighten their load.
I trust indie companies to maybe make better content, but I expect them to rip off workers.
Not that I’m defending EA. There’ve ruined so many franchises.
LOL LOL AI literally has nothing to do with this. This isn’t the HAL 9000 computer here, these things are very primitive still.
No, the failure is with out-of-touch execs who are in it for the money rather than the art.
Seems like it has more to do with video games moving to a subscription basis. I’ve been trained not to buy PS5 exclusives after seeing everything I bought be added to a $10/month PS Plus offering.
