• _sideffect@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Yeah all those layoffs, mass studio closures, and over 15k game jobs lost(just in 24) sure do mean business is going great!

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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        6 hours ago

        Yea yea, it’s all sweetbaby and DEI fault and not corporations being greedy hellholes that only worry about quarterly profits since forever. /s

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          1 hour ago

          Sbi needs to go back to the cave they crawled out of.

          Since when were corporations NOT greedy? It’s hilarious you think that it’s only now that they got greedy, lmao

      • caseofthematts@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        All of those are due to the drastic increase in jobs during covid. This is happening in many, many tech related careers. It is not because of inclusivity. Get your head out of your ass.

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          6 hours ago

          That’s a factor, but it’s not the only reason, jackass. Look at the games that failed and how they were backed by activists, which led to studio closures.

          Ubisoft is mostly subsidized in Quebec by taxpayers, and they have their lowest profits ever because of activists as well.

          • ArtemisimetrA@lemmy.duck.cafe
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            3 hours ago

            Or maybe it’s because we’re sick of assassin’s creed n², you numpty. Go seek to confirm your biases elsewhere

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                It’s because of their shitty horrible business practices, nobody wants to pay $100 for a rushed game and nobody wants to invest time into their 500th live service game that they’ll stop supporting in a year.

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                    54 minutes ago

                    You would have to jump through a lot of hoops to conclude that activism makes you a bad game developer. If they’re exploiting their customers constantly to try to increase profit margins, they are more than likely exploiting their workers, who they have much more control over.