Negative employee reviews suggest Retro Studios could be in serious trouble

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JRPGfan said:

caffeinade said:

Nintendo can shut them down.
It doesn't matter how good the development team is, if Nintendo doesn't want it, or sees no value in keeping it afloat, they can just shut Retro Studios down.

It doesn't matter if Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was great, if Retro Studios cannot deliver the games Nintendo wants them to make, they are useless to Nintendo.
Retro Studios aren't independent, they don't get to decide their fate.

Nintendo can hire other studios to make Donkey Kong Country titles, if they want to.

They can.... but whos to say the quality in games would stay as high?
Would you want some random studio makeing DKC games?

Who cares about the quality if everything on the Switch will sell regardless.
Even a pretty mediocre Donkey Kong Country game would sell very well on the Switch, due in part to the work already done by Retro Studios.

Can Retro Studios even produce another Tropical Freeze.
Nintendo has more information regarding their current abilities as a studio.