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yamanii, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

The line went up but not as high as expected so now Riot games owner of the most popular videogame League of Legends need to fire 500 people.

p03locke, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

Mergers.

JohnnyCanuck, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

They do this every year and nobody cares.

BolexForSoup, 4 months ago

Not at this rate and not nearly as many studios close per year.

Mango, 4 months ago

Hey don’t call me nobody! I have a whole body.

Zugyuk, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

Greed

TheFriar, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

…because capitalism.

Alexstarfire, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

Pursuit of bigger numbers.

DessertStorms, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

Greed.

Deceptichum, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

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originalucifer, 4 months ago to games in Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

pure corporate greed.

i think its the stock market. it creates this false reality where things need to keep climbing.

if you have a company where everyone gets paid, and the customer is very satisfied and you have no profit you are somehow a complete failure. because we all just cant be.

the stock market is humanities downfall... human greed distilled, authorized and removed from all responsibility.

MomoTimeToDie, 4 months ago to games in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League review – straddles the brilliant and the banal | Games

Yet another example of why games journalists are shit and deserve less

wurzelgummidge, 5 months ago to world in At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report says

according to available intelligence collated by the Israeli military

Not really a reliable source of information but I’m sure compliant media will wave it about as if it is fact

YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH, 5 months ago to world in Yazidi woman held by IS for 10 years freed by Kurdish fighters in Syria

God bless the YPG and SDF. Fuck Turkey for killing them and the US for letting it.

Snapz, 5 months ago to world in Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs

“But that will make it cost prohibitive to own an SUV!!!”

Yes… Yes it will.

Gigan, 5 months ago to world in Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs

Awesome, fuck SUV’s

TwinTusks, 5 months ago to world in ‘Incredibly rare’ discovery reveals bedbugs came to Britain with the Romans

What has the Romans ever done for us!