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poklane on 25 February 2014
DakonBlackblade said:
MB1025 said:
JustThatGamer said:
Why would they move to a new, much bigger, studio if they're laying people off?


Because things change.


But they changed pretty quickly if thats the case cause they moved like 2 months ago. Im guessing the move wasnt to expand to beging with and the lay offs were planned already cause otherwise this doesnt make sense at all. Also how many games do they have in development at once ? This is kind of an important information cause otherwise "they canceled a game" can simply mean they scrapped a very minor project they had there them layed-off the team working on it wich was probably very small, if its only 2 or something like that tham its very hughe and they probably layed-off throngs of ppl.

We know they helped with The Order: 1886 and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and that they were working on at least 1 PS4 game. It's possible they were also working with some Indie developers bringing their games to PS4.



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FATALITY on 25 February 2014
TheLegendaryWolf said:
I knew the PS4 wasn't enough to cover the losses of everything else in the company, but I didn't expect layoffs from them.

you know nothing.



”The environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry” (Jack Tretton, 2009)

TheLegendaryWolf on 25 February 2014
FATALITY said:
TheLegendaryWolf said:
I heard the PS4 wasn't enough to cover the losses of everything else in the company, but I didn't expect layoffs from them.

you know nothing.

Is that better?



TomShoe on 25 February 2014

I can't help but feel that the AAA bubble is becoming too large for it's own good. Everybody is so concerned with getting the next Call of Duty or the next Halo, they're not realizing that the margins for profits are getting smaller, and that they're spending more than is feasible on AAA games. Just one failed project can lead to the shut down of an entire company or studio. Hopefully the indies can step in and save this industry, we need them too.



MB1025 on 25 February 2014
DakonBlackblade said:
MB1025 said:
JustThatGamer said:
Why would they move to a new, much bigger, studio if they're laying people off?


Because things change.


But they changed pretty quickly if thats the case cause they moved like 2 months ago. Im guessing the move wasnt to expand to beging with and the lay offs were planned already cause otherwise this doesnt make sense at all. Also how many games do they have in development at once ? This is kind of an important information cause otherwise "they canceled a game" can simply mean they scrapped a very minor project they had there them layed-off the team working on it wich was probably very small, if its only 2 or something like that tham its very hughe and they probably layed-off throngs of ppl.


Yes Sony as a company operates everyday. One day things can be OK and the next they find out they need to trim some fat. I don't understand why people don't get this.



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DerNebel on 25 February 2014

That of course sucks for the people that got laid of, but I'm gonna be an egotistical asshole here and hope that the canceled project was just a Vita game.



Willem on 25 February 2014

Well, if the PS4 is easier to develop for, and they got the right SDK and applications to produce and develop more and faster with less people, it does make a little sense to trim down the studio's organisation.



FATALITY on 25 February 2014
TheLegendaryWolf said:
FATALITY said:
TheLegendaryWolf said:
I heard the PS4 wasn't enough to cover the losses of everything else in the company, but I didn't expect layoffs from them.

you know nothing.

Is that better?


yes. but the layoffs has nothing to do with overall company performance.

how do i know this? simple business management



”The environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry” (Jack Tretton, 2009)

DakonBlackblade on 25 February 2014
MB1025 said:
DakonBlackblade said:
MB1025 said:
JustThatGamer said:
Why would they move to a new, much bigger, studio if they're laying people off?


Because things change.


But they changed pretty quickly if thats the case cause they moved like 2 months ago. Im guessing the move wasnt to expand to beging with and the lay offs were planned already cause otherwise this doesnt make sense at all. Also how many games do they have in development at once ? This is kind of an important information cause otherwise "they canceled a game" can simply mean they scrapped a very minor project they had there them layed-off the team working on it wich was probably very small, if its only 2 or something like that tham its very hughe and they probably layed-off throngs of ppl.


Yes Sony as a company operates everyday. One day things can be OK and the next they find out they need to trim some fat. I don't understand why people don't get this.


Going from Its all so good were gona move to a larger place and hire even more to hell shit hit the fan in 2 months on a period Santa Monica didnt even release any game so you cant say they ahd any kind of financial crisis because theyre big project didnt work is quite extreme. Also there are a bazillion places that are way less sucessfull than Santa Monica to trim fat, this is a very odd move if it was a big lay-off from a core team at the Studio, if it was a small team working on a small game that got layed-off (while it sucks) would make much more sense.



JoeTheBro on 25 February 2014

Odd.

I'll definitely wait for more info before jumping to a conclusion. Everything has seemed positive for the studio in the past few months. A few weeks ago they were even hiring.



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