Yahoo today made a strategic decision to defend itself against a possible hostile takeover by Microsoft: The March 14 deadline for nominating directors to its board has been canceled and delayed to a not yet specified time in the future. Yahoo hopes that this move will allow the company to be undistracted in the search for alternatives to a $44.6 billion Microsoft buyout.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
What's a "Yahoo!"? Is that like Google or something?
It's funny how business works like politics... so... all of the sudden Yahoo became a dictatorship... and democracy where directors decide when they want to retire from their position...
Are they trying to make their investors sells all their stocks?