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maverick40 on 07 February 2012

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/07/report-jaffe-leaves-eat-sleep-play-layoffs-hit-developer/

Eat Sleep Play, which will shortly ship Twisted Metal, has reportedly laid off eight employees. The Salt Lake City Tribune also reports that co-founder David Jaffe is also out and is expected to pursue "casual games." Jaffe responded to the "rumor" of him making casual games after Twisted Metal as "highly exaggerated."

Eat Sleep Play now has a staff of 26 and will transition to iPhone and iPad development. "It's a platform that is in our pockets almost 24/7. It's kind of the size and types of games we're playing," said other co-founder Scott Campbell to the Salt Lake Trib. "You can certainly reach a lot more people. That's pretty exciting for us."

Campbell confirmed Jaffe's departure and said that the company and Jaffe are "going down two separate paths." Twisted Metal is Eat Sleep Play's second project, following the dissapointing reception and sales of Calling all Cars. We've contacted Jaffe for clarification of his current status.



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chocoloco on 07 February 2012

Good for Jaffe he can do magic somewhere else. People that are that creative and talented have no worries about moving on and knowing they will find a better position. Jaffe probably Said, "Fuck, making casual shit."



maverick40 on 07 February 2012
RolStoppable said:
Now that's some news. I was always under the impression that David Jaffe is just a raging blogger about video games.

He still is, that will never change. Now he will just rage about how cool ios games are.



JerCotter7 on 07 February 2012

Nevermind re-read it. Terribly worded article IMO.



maverick40 on 07 February 2012
JerCotter7 said:
They wont make casual games yet they are transitioning to ios? Is that what it means or did I read it wrong?

They just want easy money with low development costs i would say.



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SnakeDrake on 07 February 2012
chocoloco said:
Good for Jaffe he can do magic somewhere else. People that are that creative and talented have no worries about moving on and knowing they will find a better position. Jaffe probably Said, "Fuck, making casual shit."

Fumito Ueda probably said the same thing



 

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Panama on 07 February 2012

Twisted Metal has had a handful of different developers during its lifetime as a franchise so this doesn't surprise me. As long as Jaffe stays employed elsewhere it's alright.

Also are casual games that profitable? Especially for a developer with 26 staff members?



Aldro on 07 February 2012

I'd be so happy if he went back to Santa Monica :'D



Dgc1808 on 07 February 2012

1) The team was only 32/33 people? Wow... the new TM was probably really low budget.

2) I'm a little confused. The article says that Jaffe wants to make casual games, and that Eat,Sleep,Play is going to focus on iOS development. They're saying that Eat Sleep Play wants to make core titles for iOS and that Jaffe wants no part in it? Hmmm...



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theprof00 on 07 February 2012
Dgc1808 said:
1) The team was only 32/33 people? Wow... the new TM was probably really low budget.

2) I'm a little confused. The article says that Jaffe wants to make casual games, and that Eat,Sleep,Play is going to focus on iOS development. They're saying that Eat Sleep Play is wants to make care titles for iOS and that Jaffe wants no part in it? Hmmm...


10 replies and dgc is the first to mention this? How does any of that make sense? ESP wants to make iOS games, David Jaffe leaves...and the rumor is that he wants to make casual games? I dun get it.