Kotaku: It's already been announced that the severance payouts to Taito employees has drained money from parent company Square Enix. Those were the only cuts Square Enix has made post Eidos-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.
The good news is that the people who were fired will be able to get better jobs because working for S-E is the equivalent of working at McDonalds.
in other news today: dolly parton sleeps on her back
Don't worry Square Enix once Final Fantasy XIII is released on xbox360 u will have made back all the $$$ u can imagine thanks to xbox360 community who actually buy games and support developers even if the game is Multi.
theyve made some horrible business decisions this gen, and the games they have made this gen so far are almost trash, they need to step it up or give up
so even square enix can fire people its a small world huh, i meen what the hell! this isnt gaming news whats the purpose of this article? man N4G is just scraping the barrel lately, ok to make up for this let down i'll fill you in on somthing i heard whilst watching a Hideo Kojima interveiw, apparently metal gear solid will tie up with the end of the original metal gear, so expect a solid snake vs bigg boss final fight if you'v heard this already sorry its news to me.