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[Zacfoldor]

 

[Saber]

Insanelly based. Maybe western could take lessons from them.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Valt7786]

B..b...b..but real women dont like these sorts of characters!

 

[nial]

Shift Up loves its BasedStation 5 Pro.

 

[simpatico]

Probably one of a very small handful of AAA efforts that actually turned a profit last year.

 

[SlimySnake]

I thought the game only sold around a million last i checked. Must have been made for cheap if turned a big profit.

 

[Puscifer]

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

We get a yearly holiday party that we have to not only fund raise for, but buy tickets too

 

[Shifty1897]

Meanwhile, in America, my employer gave me a promotion with no raise or bonus and made me work during weekends and scheduled PTO last month.

Happy for them.

 

[Lambogenie]

I kinda hope they don't grow too fast or big and just maintain. Far too many companies grow and hire massively, so rewards like this no longer happen and, more importantly, vision gets lost with too make cooks. If they're a private company, even better. Just maintain and cruise. Everyone can be happy.

I've worked in small companies that grew and man, smaller days were just better. Later days were fun but way more drawbacks.

 

[Alexios]

Nice, a considerable bump for PS5/Pro sales in Korea!

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

How are all these female employees collecting their bonuses in that video? Since when can dead people walk!? Is it the zombie apocalypse?!!! Abby heeelllppp

 

[GrayChild]

Based ShiftUp single-handedly saving the PS5 Pro sales in South Korea and delivering the only (temporary) PS5 exclusive worth playing since Returnal.

 

[ComputerBlue]

The studio gives you every reason to want to support them.

 

[LRKD]

The shareholders aren't going to like this!

 

[ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT]

Are the neo-puritan feminist sissies still angry with this game?

 

[Fake]

They have my sword.

 

[yogaflame]

Well deserved for there hard work and beautiful work especially in stellar blade.

 

[yogaflame]

Transformer collaboration? Maybe we get too see Providence in Optimus Prime mode

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks like Stellar Blade has some good legs.

In a recent financial report, Shift Up said that after Stellar Blade’s launch “sales continued at a stabilized level,” although it failed to provide an updated sales figure. It did, however, provide revenue directly attributed to the game: 25.8 billion won (approx. $18.5 million) during the quarter Stellar Blade came out (April to June), and 22.5 billion won (approx. $16.1 million) during the company’s third quarter (July to September). That’s a total of 48.4 billion won (around $34.6 million) as of the end of September. For context, Shift Up’s other game, mobile action RPG Goddess of Victory: Nikke, makes more money than Stellar Blade (approx. $51.9 million during the same two quarters).

Stellar Blade Dev Is Doing So Well It’s Given All 311 Staff a PS5 Pro and $3,400 Bonus - IGN

Shift Up, the South Korean company behind PlayStation 5 exclusive action game Stellar Blade, has gifted all its staff a PlayStation 5 Pro as well as a cash bonus of 5 million won (around $3,400).

www.ign.com

 

[The Pleasure]

Stellar

 

[intheinbetween]

Now this is moneyhatting

 

[The Pleasure]

B..b...b..but real women dont like these sorts of characters!

 

[MikeM]

American CEOs be like

Good for them. Fuck pizza parties while execs get massive bonuses.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I kinda hope they don't grow too fast or big and just maintain. Far too many companies grow and hire massively, so rewards like this no longer happen and, more importantly, vision gets lost with too make cooks. If they're a private company, even better. Just maintain and cruise. Everyone can be happy.

I've worked in small companies that grew and man, smaller days were just better. Later days were fun but way more drawbacks.

This might be a bit off-topic, but do you have any advice about finding smaller companies that are good to work for?

 

[strike670]

Good on the company for rewarding it's employees properly. More reason to support their future games.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I can only think of this, sorry



Especially with PC mods coming to Stellar Blade

 

[night13x]

Giving employees money and gift as a thank you for their hard work....damn that's lame.

If I was the head of Shift UP, I would of given them enough money for several months worth of pizza to order in office and an XboX Series S. A note left at the bottom of the box stating "If you don't get this game running on series S in 6 months you are fired". It's called investing into your future of your business.

Spoiler

I'm joking. Congrats to Shift UP for an excellent 2024!

 

[Lambogenie]

This might be a bit off-topic, but do you have any advice about finding smaller companies that are good to work for?

I don't have the best advice. Startups could be good but keep hopping around (unless you really like it/get comfortable). For younger folks, hopping around just pays much better whether it's small, mid or big companies. Once companies get big, it naturally becomes harder to please everyone, stuff like free PS5s can reduce or stripped away, more drama. It's definitely worse for public companies. I also hear small private companies can also be nightmare if the owner is terrible too though.

 

[Seomel]

I thought the game only sold around a million last i checked. Must have been made for cheap if turned a big profit.

They also work on Nikke which brings in ton

 

[The Pleasure]

I can only think of this, sorry

Sounds like the kid needs Daddies Belt to hook that ass. Dads got a black belt in discipline.

 

[mayham2199]

I guess exclusivity does work for some companies still.

 

[Kvally]

Stellar Blade > PS5 Pro

 

[LectureMaster]

Can't help but bring up the stark difference from the Western devs meanwhile.

 

[TheKratos]

Now they can all play Concord and learn some woke shit.

 

[Ridicululzz]

B..b...b..but real women dont like these sorts of characters!

I remember reading that Nikke has a female player base of 30% and 40% in South Korea and Japan. Seems women in the East still love sexy characters

 

[Moriarty1889]

This is amazing! Good for them!

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

Very true my friend. I am sure those western devs are screeching about how many women died because of this sexist game that exploits women lol. Keep these types games coming so that it makes all those idiot western devs heads explode. The success of this game is a perfect example of what gamers want and also a big F You to all the weirdo western devs and the ugly women they insist on putting in their woke games. Very nice to see this studio appreciate the employees and give them a console AND a nice bonus.

 

[Aenima]

Now they can all play Concord and learn some woke shit.

They cant cuz Sony pulled the game out of the store and sent it to the shadow realm like it never existed.

 

[navii]

Great, so they can take their work home with them.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

I wonder what the Red Thread Games employees got?

 

[Brigandier]

Great game that took me by surprise... I originally thought it looked like anime crap at first but I played the demo and was hooked.

Shows the effectiveness of demos!!! As quite a number of friends and family changed their tune after the demo too.

 

[mckmas8808]

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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.

Source

It looks like Shift Up is ALL IN with Playstation at this point!

 

[Toots]

I suppose they needed to sell a few hundred millions more to add disk drives to those pros, but it's a nice gesture in any case....

 

[GymWolf]

I heard they got gifted a bottle of lubricant as well

Why? They didn't had to pay for that overpriced scam like we did

 

[GymWolf]

I thought the game only sold around a million last i checked. Must have been made for cheap if turned a big profit.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Meanwhile, in America, my employer gave me a promotion with no raise or bonus and made me work during weekends and scheduled PTO last month.

Happy for them.

Western quarterly capitalism has made companies so nakedly tight-fisted that it's crazy. I was asking a friend the other day "when was the last time you got a really good coupon offer from a big company? One where you're absolutely benefitting and the company's losing out a little." The amount of times I'll get 'Save $30!" (when you spend $150 or more on super select items that you don't want and we can't sell - offer ends tomorrow.)

 

[Generic]

Sony must be pouring a lot of money on the studio since the sales of the game don't jusfity that.

 

[sono]

That’s real noice

 

[March Climber]

Insanelly based. Maybe western could take lessons from them.

Not in a million years. In fact the U.S. is headed in the opposite direction.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Sony must be pouring a lot of money on the studio since the sales of the game don't jusfity that.

The studio is worth as much as Bungie. In 5 years we will see where each stands.