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Forums - Sony - Layoffs at Evolution Studios, Guerrilla Cambridge & SCE London Studio

Asdrendeluxe said:
Man Sony fired people like it was nothing. Nintendo hire more then 1000 People.

This kids is the difference when you have debts or cash in the bank^^.

No seriously Nikkom says correctly, they are bad studios and his games sucks.


Guerrilla Cambridge isn't.  They made the MediEvil series, have contributed to stuff like Wipeout and Heavenly Sword, and made probably the best Killzone campaign in Mercenary.  

The problem is that quality does not equal success and great games consistently underperform for reasons not in their control, like lack of marketing or releasing on a failing system.



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I would love to work at Sony.



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The re-org and trimming of the fat that is needed. It is about time Sony did an audit of their 1st party studios. 



Sony does need to get its finances in order. They've been making insane loses for years so its time to clean house. Sucks for the people involved.



I predict that the Wii U will sell a total of 18 million units in its lifetime. 

The NX will be a 900p machine

First think that came in my head is how the hell is Team Ico not hit with lay offs they haven't contributed shit since the ps2?



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Least mobile will be getting an increase in games soon



                  

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I guess they did not fire the guys responsible for deciding evolution doing Driveclub instead of Motorstorm 4. Still some fat to trim Sony, get on it!



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Trimming the fat. Sony isn't fucking around anymore. PC division not working? Boom. Sold. TV line teetering? Sink or swim, bitches. First party studios having too many people not really contributing or sucking up years of time and tons of resources for a project that looks like a disaster? Thanks for your time now get the hell out. A lot of people poke fun at Kaz Hirai in good humor but he's probably the best thing that could have happened to Sony right now. No one in the company is untouchable at this point and he's made it pretty obvious that holding onto something because "...well maybe it will..." is not going to cut it anymore.



Id rather they kill all three of those companies if it meant saving companies like ND and SSM.

(Obviously I dont mean to sound cruel to all of those who'd lose a job but yeah...)



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