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Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has gifted all of its employees a PlayStation 5 Pro and an end-of-year bonus following the success of the PS5 action game.

The consoles were presented to Shift Up’s around 300 employees at a company event held in Seoul on Monday. Each employee will receive a bonus of 5 million won (about $3,400), it said.

Speaking to the South Korean publication Naver, a Shift Up representative said the bonuses were intended to encourage the existing talent at the company.

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[justiceiro]

Didn't he heard studios that care about society fire everyone after releasing a game?

Male opressor attacks again

 

[Madflavor]

Good on them for setting a positive example for the rest of the industry. Not that I expect them to follow suit, but it's nice to hear good news like this.

 

[Skifi28]

Meanwhile we might get a couple of pizza slices and an encouraging pat on the back after a job well done at my company.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

This is really nice to hear. Other companies should follow their lead and actually show appreciation of their employees. How can anyone hate on ShiftUp especially after this?

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Great news. Hope the employees enjoy those Xbox consoles.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Meanwhile we might get a couple of pizza slices and an encouraging pat on the back after a job well done at my company.

Nothing worse than your boss asking if pizza was fine as dinner at 18:00.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

That's pretty awesome.

 

[diffusionx]

Meanwhile we might get a couple of pizza slices and an encouraging pat on the back after a job well done at my company.

the eternal paradox of the corporate worker, you know the pizza is an insult but you're never going to turn down the pizza

 

[Big Baller]

 

[SJRB]

Insanely based.

What an awesome studio.

 

[lh032]

acquisition soon!!???

 

[Kupfer]

Women have literally died for this game, and now the employees are being rewarded for these murders?

JK, my GOTY, they earned it - nice move Shift-Up

 

[Kotaro]

Can't wait Stellar Blade 2 with more scantily clad hot chicks in it

 

[SweetTooth]

Givting them the highest end most advanced console is very based plus the $3.4k

Amazing

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

The thing with Shiftup is that they are already successful at doing GaaS Gatcha. But the heads of the company clearly look upon that business model as a necessary evil and wants to go 'legit".

Stellar Blade would make much less money for more effort than past Gatcha games. But the studio might be aiming for greater things than loot boxes.

There are many games in Asia that would otherwise be great games on their own, but because their financial plan was loot boxes and slot machines what could have been a great game would get buried by the gatcha mechanics. i don't know how long Shiftup can keep this up, but I hope their dream of being a legit studio that doesn't require them to exploit their customers , bare even more fruit in the future.

 

[Three]

Belated Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of them. I remember they all got gifted a regular PS5 in 2021.



Now those lucky folk get a Pro too.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This is what happens when you make a game for your actual audience instead of the imaginary Modern Audience.

 

[j0hnnix]

Meanwhile we might get a couple of pizza slices and an encouraging pat on the back after a job well done at my company.

sounds like my old company.

Good on Shift up. Thats a great gift, even better to have your employees playing on the main system you will develop for.

 

[Gonzito]

I heard they got gifted a bottle of lubricant as well

 

[Gaiff]

Now let’s see Concord’s bonuses.

 

[Brucey]

Meanwhile we might get a couple of pizza slices and an encouraging pat on the back after a job well done at my company.

"Let's talk about how you should be happy you have a job....."

 

[Aenima]

Its funny cuz they gave everyone a base PS5 some years ago when Stellar Blade was announced for PS5.

 

[rabbity-thing]

Well, they earned it. Game is phenomenal.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Awesome to hear. I want more Stellar Blade. Western journalists can go eat poop. The game was great.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Good on them for setting a positive example for the rest of the industry

 

[ssringo]

The thing with Shiftup is that they are already successful at doing GaaS Gatcha. But the heads of the company clearly look upon that business model as a necessary evil and wants to go 'legit".

Stellar Blade would make much less money for more effort than past Gatcha games. But the studio might be aiming for greater things than loot boxes.

There are many games in Asia that would otherwise be great games on their own, but because their financial plan was loot boxes and slot machines what could have been a great game would get buried by the gatcha mechanics. i don't know how long Shiftup can keep this up, but I hope their dream of being a legit studio that doesn't require them to exploit their customers , bare even more fruit in the future.

I think (hope) they want to do both. The big money from gachas help fund the non predatory game(s) which, assuming it's received well and has good sales (which Stellar Blade did), will bring more eyeballs to their company as a whole which then brings attention to their gacha game(s) from gamers that otherwise would ignore them and in turn more money for the company. Lather, rinse, repeat.

In any event, congrats to the company for it's success and well done throwing some love to the people that made them successful. Now, hurry the hell up with the PC release!!!

 

[SJRB]

What's the problem?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

The thing with Shiftup is that they are already successful at doing GaaS Gatcha.

If you look at Nikke and Stellar Blade you can clearly see the CEO wants nothing else than to draw nice tits and asses (with support from his wife).

 

[JORMBO]

Meanwhile we might get a couple of pizza slices and an encouraging pat on the back after a job well done at my company.

I work for a big tech company bringing in tons of money and we don't even get that.

 

[Luipadre]

Now let’s see Concord’s bonuses.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Very cool

 

[Cyberpunkd]

What's the problem?

I don't think the "rest of the industry" will understand the message.

 

[Heisenberg007]

"You get a PS5 Pro.

You get a PS5 Pro.

Y'all get a PS5 Pro."

 

[Little Chicken]

May as well just give them lumps of coal.

 

[kruis]

Can't wait Stellar Blade 2 with more scantily clad hot chicks in it

Look at these three female ShiftUp employees rushing to get their own PS5 Pro

 

[Tajaz2426]

Good stuff. I enjoy reading and hearing of folks taking care of others. Not sure what the game is, but good on them and great news for the team.

 

[CrustyBritches]

That’s awesome. Should be enough for a down payment on a 5090.

 

[Synastry]

Still waiting on Raven DLC.

 

[Aenima]

Look at these three female Stellar Blade employees rushing to get their own PS5 Pro

 

[Salz01]

I want to see what’s the next thing they are cooking up….

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

This is amazing! Good for them!

All the angry western devs after seeing this news...

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I’d give the Eve model my Pro . . . for about 30 seconds.

 

[Brucey]

May as well just give them lumps of coal.

I don't think there's enough xboxes for sale in all of South Korea to make a pile that big...

 

[Brucey]

I’d give the Eve model my Pro . . . for about 30 seconds.

For a day with all three of them I would gift my ps5 pro anniversary.

 

[E-Cat]

However, have they ever seen a woman?

 

[Heisenberg007]

May as well just give them lumps of coal.

I don't think Korea gets as many Series X

 

[Gilgalaad]

Meanwhile, at Bioware…

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I work for a big tech company bringing in tons of money and we don't even get that.

Same. We haven't even gotten Christmas presents in years.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Tits and ass. The gifts that keep on giving.