Uncharted 4 Game Director Justin Richmond Leaves Naughty Dog

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Ka-pi96 said:

pokoko said:
What we'll likely see is big names leaving, with junior staff members moving up to take their positions at less pay. Could be bad, could be good. We'll just have to wait and see which.

This may be a good thing in the long term. Getting some new people with new ideas in could definitely help with making some good games.

Strange that they are doing things like this at their highest profile, and probably most profitable, developer though rather than some of the smaller ones.

If the Sony source on Gaf is right, the Studio heads are the ones responsible for cuts.  Yoshida probably just passes down revised budgets and the studios themselves have to figure out how to meet them.  Also, this does not preclude layoffs later.  As I said, higher level employees will often be warned ahead of time so they can find other positions or they're given an option to accept a pay-cut or move on.