Layoffs at Sony Santa Monica

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Jaywood2010 on 25 February 2014

JustThatGamer said:

fatslob-:O said:

Let me guess ... gow ascension didn't sell well.

I read somewhere that it's sold close to 3 million already, so that's not it.

They've been on a hiring spree for ages, maybe they're just laying off the lesser devs to hire new talent from Irrational Games or something?

It also says they canceled a game so i assume this has something to do with budget rather than bringing new people in. Though we wont know what is going on behind closed doors most likely.

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Xen on 25 February 2014

This sounds quite bad.

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DD_Bwest on 25 February 2014

WTF.. didnt they just finish moving into a new building? like a huge one

edit: ya wtf http://www.computerandvideogames.com/447264/god-of-war-studio-sony-santa-monica-moving-and-expanding/ thats not even a month ago

edit2: Must be something Vita related..

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vivster on 25 February 2014

And people jumping to conclusions again. We don't even know how many or what kind of people got fired.
For all we know it could be that SSM decided they only need 2 coffee delivery guys instead of 10 because they streamlined the coffee delivering process.

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Fusioncode on 25 February 2014

I guess they cancelled one of the projects, and fired people they didn't need anymore. Sucks for all those affected, hope they can find other jobs.

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osed125 on 25 February 2014

vivster said:
And people jumping to conclusions again. We don't even know how many or what kind of people got fired.
For all we know it could be that SSM decided they only need 2 coffee delivery guys instead of 10 because they streamlined the coffee delivering process.

Highly doubt Sony would make an official statement if they only fired the coffee guys..

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Zappykins on 25 February 2014

JustThatGamer said:

fatslob-:O said:

Let me guess ... gow ascension didn't sell well.

I read somewhere that it's sold close to 3 million already, so that's not it.

They've been on a hiring spree for ages, maybe they're just laying off the lesser devs to hire new talent from Irrational Games or something?

Not according to VGC! IT's listed as only selling 1.74 million Worldwide. And it barely beat Gears of War: Judgement - in Japan. The Xbox 360 isn't Japan's biggest seller.

Anyone know the latest on movie the studio?

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badgenome on 25 February 2014

I hope they sacked Kratos.

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chapset on 25 February 2014

isn't this normal between projects to layoff people and rehire when something new is being done or should I jump on the DOOM bandwagon

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Fusioncode on 25 February 2014

Zappykins said:

JustThatGamer said:

fatslob-:O said:

Let me guess ... gow ascension didn't sell well.

I read somewhere that it's sold close to 3 million already, so that's not it.

They've been on a hiring spree for ages, maybe they're just laying off the lesser devs to hire new talent from Irrational Games or something?

Not according to VGC! IT's listed as only selling 1.74 million Worldwide. And it barely beat Gears of War: Judgement - in Japan. The Xbox 360 isn't Japan's biggest seller.

Anyone know the latest on movie the studio?

God of War has never been popular in Japan, and how exactly is that relevant anyways?

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