Layoffs in Gaming (Current State of the Gaming Industry)

[Chazore]

Soundwave said:

Here we go again from today.

Warner Bros. Discovery wants to move away from "one and done volatile" AAA console model and move more towards cheaper F2P titles that had longer revenue tails:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-bros-discusses-volatile-aaa-console-games-will-lean-into-free-to-play-and-mobile/1100-6521597/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

They literally had the no.1 selling game last year in Hogwarts Legacy, lol. The publisher of the no.1 selling game even wants out ... that's not a flattering picture of the AAA market. These games are way too expensive. 

And just as I've said now all the suits want GAAS titles where they can milk more money from these games.

This sounds like WB is pulling the Western version of Konami bowing out of the market and focusing on mobile/pachinko machines. only for WB it's going to be tacky, cheaply designed live service crap with mobile games on the side, both of which will be designed to just siphon cash all year round, but I don't see either paying off, not in today's market.

It's just weird to me how many execs/CEO's you can see at the top of these companies calling the worst shots possible, and yet no one, not even the shareholders care to do anything, besides cutting those below them, who are not the ones at fault. This can only go on for so long before we eventually start seeing more CEO's/execs playing rapid musical chairs and swapping to other companies to wreck, right up until each of them magically decide to "retire" with their golden parachutes.