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Machiavellian on 22 March 2016
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kowenicki said:
Machiavellian said:

Knowing and not knowing still does not make the situation any different.  A closure is a closure and most companies will relocate the people who they want to keep and not the rest.  I have been on both sides of the fence where the company was bought out and we did not find out until it was reported on the BBC and a straight closure.  In both situations the parent company kept the people they wanted and the others were left with options.  Most options involved severance packages that are pretty generous in helping you stay afloat while you look for other employment.  I believe if the company find you new employment they do not have to pay you’re a severance package which probably is more a cost saying maneuver than anything else. 

100% correct.

The only difference here is the spin that certain supporters or fans want to put on the message.  The end result for employees of these two companies is identical... they lost their jobs.  nSome, probbaly at both firms will have found wrok at other studios or formed their own studios.  But the parent company let them go in both cases.

We need to get over this MS = evil, Sony = cuddly pal of the planet and puppies. 

You have to give it to Sony, this whole gen they have made the right marketing choices and how they deliver information to the public.  Personally I would call it masterful because they are able to keep good will when they do what most corporations do that pisses consumers off.  The fact that they are able to do business as usual and make it seem like they do somthing different and better than other companies has to be given credit.  Its a thing Apple has mastered and MS could definitely take something from this playbook as well.