Rumor: Rockstar Lays Off 40 From Red Dead Redemption Studio

[zarx]

greenmedic88 said:

zarx said:

johnsobas said:

they said they needed 5 million to break even, they are gonna get it but not a whole lot more than that.

If the don't they could always release a PC version lol. I am sure they will make up the difference on DLC.

You know a PC version will come out. That's just money left on the table otherwise.

But DLC does not require the efforts of the entire development team.

By the same token, if the RDR team is not under the same workload they had while developing RDR, there will be redundancies, namely the people who were likely hired under a contractual basis.

I hope they do bring out a PC version as long as it's a better port than GTA4. And the point I was trying to make is if they don't sell enough units to cover costs they will probably make up the difference with DLC as there is usually a good cost vs return on DLC. And as many have said of coarse there will be redundancies from such a large team and even if there is 3 separate pieces of DLC known you don't need 200 people for that and a sequel, especially if they brought in a lot of new people to finish off the game because it was so far over budget etc.