ChorizoPicozo
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I wanna listen alanah take on this.I mean they did just fire one so...
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More XBox layoffs incoming
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nush
Member
Did Microsoft also take away her skills and experience as well as her ability to find another job when they let her go?
incredible that the moron in chief, who bet the whole division on this brilliant strategy, is still raking in millions, while people that actually create stuff get fucked on a monthly basis.
corporate muricaa!!!
reinking
Gold Member
I want to see them too.
Bernardougf
Member
The problem is the damaged caused ... we can see this in hollywood .. lets take Star Wars ... they killed that franchise.. nobody gives a flying fuck anymore.... It would take years or some stroke of early George Lucas geniuses to uplift star wars again.
Theaters are empty, movies are failing... nobody cares .... they are starting to wake up from the woke pipedream.. but it seems too late and too slow.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Source: 2022 Google PC & Console Insights Report
If this is the result of an actual online survey, where were were they looking for participants? Were only Retard Era moderators allowed to participate? Because I don't believe at all that 98% of all PC and console players think that games featuring diverse characters and stories are important.
BTW The way the responses are set up is also indicative of the results they wanted. Four of the five possible answers are a positive response to inclusivity. Why weren't people asked the question "It is important that games feature diverse characters" and then ask the participants if they "agree completely", "agree somewhat", "neither agree nor disagree", "disagree somewhat" or "disagree completely"?
Besides that, the real point is not whether games should have diverse characters, but the way it is implemented. Nobody is against a diverse set of characters in a multiplayer game set in a futuristic world. This only becomes a contested issue when diversity is forced, when the devs are more interested in the political message of a game than the gameplay, etc.
Jaybe
Member
Good callout. Seems like these people manufacture surveys to make their work seem important and valuable. It’s quite the grift.
JackMcGunns
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SEGAvangelist
Member
This first one looks like a good cut!
Schmendrick
Member
If it`s someone who`s been actively trying to spit in your drink....
Ofc!
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Lmao another DEI clown booted out.
Also hopefully 343 finally gets shut down.
Also hopefully 343 finally gets shut down.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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FlyyGOD
Member
Because Microsoft is the only gaming company laying off people right?buy all this companies then fire everyone ms hurted gaming
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
This is the problem with the M&As. After the honeymoon phase passes, 5 years later are these studios still happy they were acquired? I'm guessing No, for the most part. But I'd be interested to hear what leaders from these acquired studios think of the acquisition now vs 3-5 years ago.
rabbity-thing
Member
I don't think that personality is entirely by choice. I think it's a defense mechanism. And judging by some of the comments here, it's potentially a justified and necessary one.
As a minority myself, I know the feeling of being considered the enemy by people I've never met. It's weird. Like, I'm poisoning the blood of America here, LOL. But what I don't know is what it's like for people to be making laws about where I'm allowed to use the bathroom. You can't do that to people and expect them to not dig in their heels and get a little crazy, outspoken, and over-defensive. I don't base my personality around my ethnicity, but if bigoted bathroom laws were passed about me. About my kid. Yeah, I'd become a very different person.
I can agree that she made some out-there comments. If those were the reason for her being let go, then, yeah, I get it. At the same time, though, I'm not going to find joy in it. It sucks that she feels the need to be that outspoken. Hate has likely made her a little crazy.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
A person's ability to find another job after being laid off has nothing to do with the fact that being laid off is a terrible thing that shouldn't be cheered for.
Finding a job is hard under normal circumstances. Finding a job in an industry that is seeing almost zero growth and has laid off over 20,000 people in the last 18 months is a terrifying fucking prospect.
You may disagree with their ideals, politics, pronouns, or colour they choose to dye their hair, but they're still people who will now have to figure out if whatever savings they have will last until they find another job.
Literally nothing to cheer about here.
yeah, pretty much the only company swallowing publishers at a yearly pace.
Lunarorbit
Gold Member
Xbox is the most bipolar company out there. It has vasilated between closing studios and then celebrating their devs alot this past year.
That's a cause for concern
That's a cause for concern
Quasicat
Member
I work in public education. If I were to post this anywhere and I got caught, I would be let go too.
FlyyGOD
Member
2 publishers in 5 years is a yearly pace?
Chukhopops
Member
Ninja Theory, 343, Turn10… It’s weird to see people cheering for layoffs just because of console warring.Is it me or does it seem that many here have a certain obsession and desire for the closure of Ninja Theory to be announced?....
You have to be a brown stain on mankind’s underwear to cheer for people losing their jobs… even if they make games you don’t like or have dyed hair.
Saber
Member
I will feel sad or give my condolences to the ones who really work hard or make difference. I'm not stupid to feel bad for any person, and no offense feeling sad for any clown sounds like incredibly dumb.
People like her makes no difference in the game development.
Good ridance. Offer your job for her if you're so sad about it.
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Topher
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Is it me or does it seem that many here have a certain obsession and desire for the closure of Ninja Theory to be announced?....
Ninja Theory has been talked about being on the chopping block ever since Tango and Arkane Austin were shuttered. Not just here. It's been speculated widely on youtube and twitter. Three folks mentioning NT in this thread isn't really eyebrow raising.
Saber
Member
Is it me or does it seem that many here have a certain obsession and desire for the closure of Ninja Theory to be announced?....
After the recent closure streaks, can you really blame them?
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only because they were delayed by watchdogs.
the morons were having wet dreams about every publisher out there, plus nintendo, we read their emails you know
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
A person we don’t know losing their job…. huge news.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
You have no reason to feel sad for any of them. You should, at the very least, be able to empathize.
Also, how do you know if they make a difference or not?
The people who manage payroll do not directly contribute to development. Community managers do not, facilities managers do not. The team that makes sure all the other people in the company are happy and are able to do their best work do not directly contribute. The person responsible for making sure all the subscriptions for all the tools the art team, music team, and developers use do not directly contribute to development. Yet they're all employed.
Why do you think that is?
Do you really think that a team of 150 can be made up of just designers and engineers?
Saber
Member
Nope. You can emphatize with whatever people you want, but not me. I will feel emphaty with people who I think deserves, not any clown. I will not feel anything for a person that for instance keep sleeping on the job.
150 team must be made of profissionals, not social media retards. A member already said here but if she were to made those cringe ass statements on Twitter while working in the same private hospital I work, she would be fired next day. Once you work for a company anything you do on social media represents the conpany, thats why you keep your mouth shut and do your work.
BigBeauford
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Mr Moose
Member
It's been 5 years since 2021? Time flies.
It's just different people doing different jobs.
The marketing guys always have to paint the "good guy" picture, the executives who actually take decisions don't give a fuck and they get rid of things they believe have little chance to be successfull and profitable.
Three in this thread in a short time...... and the same in each thread of layoffs even when it comes to other companies (generally all in the industry) or not specifically Xbox. Repeating yourself continuously even when the news does not indicate anything is a sign of obsession no matter where you look at it.
The discussion about NT has its origin in the same obsession/desire of people linked to the console war, taking advantage of the latest cases of studio closures and layoffs and here is a reflection of that war and obsession.
MS has a lot of potential Studios to close when the time comes. Perhaps Phil&friend will announce the closure of one of them before NT and yet I have the feeling that it will be a disappointment for some.
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When they are repeated in every thread of layoffs or closure of Studios even when they don't even concern XBOX or if the news itself is not indicative of anything.....
That said, I have simply pointed out the signs of obsession/desire with NT that this repetition reflects. MS has many other potential Studios that could suffer layoffs and closures but console wars is what usually brings
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Bernardougf
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The problem is that in MS the executives also do the PR .. and then.. shit happens when in one week you do something and next week you are PRing the exactly opposite of what you just did...
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Topher
Identifies as young
You didn't quote them directly and haven't scrolled back up to figure out who was being quoted but I'll take your word on whatever history of posts you are referring to here. I'm just saying that even Xbox journalists like Ryan McCaffrey expressed concern for NT after the last closures. This isn't something coming out of left field. At the same time, would it surprise me if warriors are using this to jab at Xbox? No.....not at all.
Topher
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TransTrender
Gold Member
If Tango got closed when HiFi Rush exceeded all expectations, and people are pissed, so they're looking to see if the same rules apply to other studios.Is it me or does it seem that many here have a certain obsession and desire for the closure of Ninja Theory to be announced?....
jeeebuz, yeah i would be fuming if my shop gets the axe before this trainwreckIf Tango got closed when HiFi Rush exceeded all expectations, and people are pissed, so they're looking to see if the same rules apply to other studios.
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
we do its just that you are shouted down by the overly woke ones.
There should be an entity where completely new games being made and out of ms reach, cause that healthy, but the alternative is not unfortunately.buy all this companies then fire everyone ms hurted gaming
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