To clarify, I've been told the layoffs are more than just Respawn and are similar to last year's February layoff where 670 people were cut. I don't know the exact number.

But yeah, I'm sure continuing to chase live service as though you'll ever get Apex Legends to be as successful as it once was will totally work out.

EDIT: furthermore, he says:

Apex Legends and EA Sports FC both missed harder than people realize. Dragon Age barely registers in this.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Imagine making billions (with an S) off of one game and still calling it a miss. Chasing infinite growth is so dumb.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In chasing infinite growth (of the same game), you have potentially infinite spend as well.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly, it's an awful treadmill. EA as a whole was at nearly 60% profit last year. Coupled with layoffs, it seems they're trying to keep that infinite spend as potential as possible lol

I just hope something good comes out of recent ex-rspn teams.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not to be too much of a bummer, but the gaming industry seemingly grew too fast, and the end result is going to be that there just aren't as many jobs in the industry to be filled by any team once the layoffs are done. Maybe a handful of the people laid off here go on to work together again.

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