Activision Threatens 600 UK Jobs Over Loss of Tax Breaks

[theRepublic]

zarx said:

theRepublic said:

zarx said:

theRepublic said:

@Zarx and BenVTrigger

So Activision should just let all the talent go to rival publishers and open up brand new studios with new people elsewhere?  I don't know anything about the type of talent Activision has in the UK, but closing good studios just because of tax breaks sounds silly.

but the point is that other studios aren't likely going to pick up these people without the tax breaks ether, if anything the talented people will be offered jobs in more profitable studios, they don't have any major studios in the UK anyway from what I can tell.

I seriously doubt that talent would just go to waste.  If Activision cared about those studios much, they would not want those people going to rivals.

If the want the talent they will offer them jobs in studios in other countries, sorry I din't word that correctly in my last post. And that is why this decision will cause a brain drain in the UK development community, a lot of the most talented people will be forced (If they want to work in the game dev industry) to move to other countries...

I've seen companies trying to move people to different locations within my own country.  The attrition rate is enormous, both before and after a move.  Trying to move people to a different country would be even worse.