The 2009 Game Studio body count thread

[Malachi]

famousringo said:

noname2200 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

noname2200 said:

amp316 said:
This is the way that things have been going with all jobs in all walks of like recently.

This unfortunate but true.

But not in areas which are seeing record revenue.

Revenue is not profit

That's...that's my point.

>_>

Leading to the conclusion that the game development business as a whole is horribly mismanaged.

Shit, you don't need that whole list to point that out, only two of the news do nicely. The one where EA close numerous studio and fire 1500 employee followed by the one where they buy Playfish for over a quarter of a billion buck! Playfish! A company that do not charge for it's game and most certainly don't make a profit, much less one that justify paying that much for it. It's a Youtube type of venture, a lot of users but a money sink, the difference is that Google can afford it, EA? Not so much.