I mean, I never would have had a clue that they were making cut-backs if they didn't publicly announce it.
Are they in trouble? Are they going out of business? Should I be reading between the lines?
The state of gaming has changed, and it's easier than heck to get your hands on a fun casual game now-days, so I can see why having 50+ people with multiple offices working as a casual game creating force may not be the greatest plan moving forward, but couldn't this have all been a pretty silent process?
I've always been fearful of openness with business methods and actions, yet I've adopted a lot of practices in my own business because others HAVE been so open. But things like this... a blog saying people are getting canned, well, it just feels "icky" to me. Kind-of pointless almost.
Enlighten me.
What was the point of this blog post?
How does a company benefit from telling the world they are cleaning house?
Who asked? Who are they afraid of? ... Is this because they fear the press would catch wind and report speculation?
Who asked? Most of the game industry. This and the lay-offs at Funcom today have been the talk of the town(/Twitter) before they came out and posted this.
>Here's the thing.... who asked? I mean, I never would have had a clue that they were making cut-backs if they didn't publicly announce it.
It's better to preemptively openly talk about it on your terms as opposed to either Kotaku, Gamasutra, or even Techmeme telling their version first, which may or may not be extremely exaggerated and off-base. Rumors will spread given time.
I mean, I never would have had a clue that they were making cut-backs if they didn't publicly announce it.
Are they in trouble? Are they going out of business? Should I be reading between the lines?
The state of gaming has changed, and it's easier than heck to get your hands on a fun casual game now-days, so I can see why having 50+ people with multiple offices working as a casual game creating force may not be the greatest plan moving forward, but couldn't this have all been a pretty silent process?
I've always been fearful of openness with business methods and actions, yet I've adopted a lot of practices in my own business because others HAVE been so open. But things like this... a blog saying people are getting canned, well, it just feels "icky" to me. Kind-of pointless almost.
Enlighten me.
What was the point of this blog post?
How does a company benefit from telling the world they are cleaning house?
Who asked? Who are they afraid of? ... Is this because they fear the press would catch wind and report speculation?