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Ryuu96 on 02 December 2022
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EspadaGrim said:
Ryuu96 said:

$10 that he's joining frigging Jar of Sparks which has poached multiple senior 343i employees lately: Jerry Hook (Head of Design), Paul Crocker (Campaign Associate Creative Director), Stephen Dyck (Character Director), Greg Stone (Principal Lead Producer), Martin Deschambault (Associate Art Director). Microsoft is being clowned in their own backyard

NetEase is one to watch, they're doing the same in Japan too, they've hired Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Capcom Producer of 27 years) and they also set up a studio entirely around Toshihiro Nagoshi (Yakuza Creator). If Tom is leaving for Jar of Sparks, then Microsoft needs to start getting more competitive in their own area.

343 losing key employees right on a hiring freeze too, Lol.

The 343 shitshow is unbelievable, they should be the #1 studio on the XGS side no excuses anymore.

NetEase is smart, 343i has gone through a pretty rough development, likely a lot of employees burnt out on Halo, NetEase is probably coming to them with very competitive offers, take advantage of the studio that has been through the roughest patch is what it feels like, I respect the tactics

They're taking similar advantage of Japan it feels like, not so much rough development but Japanese wages are apparently low, a company like NetEase can easily offer better wages and more freedom, I almost think they might be a bit of a dark horse whilst everyone is focused on Tencent.

I do think 343 has made a lot of improvements lately but still a long way to go and this f*cking hiring freeze won't help, especially when losing key employees, Lol. 343 is losing people and not really hiring at all because they simply can't.

Side note, companies like Microsoft doing hiring freezes are frustrating, companies fear a recession, so they enforce a hiring freeze, which causes less jobs, which causes less spending, which causes more panic, Lol. Feels like their actions actually speed up a recession and all so they can save a few extra billion on their tens of billions of profits.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 02 December 2022