Batsute
The Lion Choker
A lot of those assets were built for fortnite so unlike a AR-15, people would’ve recognized the asset flip called them lazy or the game would’ve looked like fortnite Jr.
Massive layoffs and studio divesture at Epic Games - Blames poor Fortnite Growth
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A lot of those assets were built for fortnite so unlike a AR-15, people would’ve recognized the asset flip called them lazy or the game would’ve looked like fortnite Jr.
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Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
It’s was trending down during covid. They had more than enough time to pivot or launch something new.
Google Trends
See interest over time on Google Trends for Fortnite - France, Past 5 years.trends.google.com
These corp execs will run shyt into the ground accumulating huge bonuses and then bounce/get severances to rinse and repeat somewhere else.
Need more game makers in these decision rooms than corporate suit bozos
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Gears wasn’t a bad move. They specifically said they had no where to really take it after the 3rd game and seeing how 4 and 5 is viewed now it seems obvious there weren’t a lot of good ideas left.
What they should have done is started a spiritual successor the way Bungie did for Halo with Destiny.
Batsute
The Lion Choker
Since I’m no longer there, fukk it. I was with Unity and I can tell you right now you will never see enough game makers in the boardroom. Working with most SWEs and game designers they have no desire to move up or do not have the business sense to navigate that landscape. Honestly most don’t even have the people skills.
The very small numbers that do get to the the C-suite are usually in tech related positions and are more easily outmaneuvered by their traditional counterparts and cronyism. These execs are continually applying outdated business methodologies to an ever evolving landscape, they fail to change with times due to the need to appease shareholders.
TL:DR, Boomers are failing to keep up with the times, and are prioritizing short term gain over long term growth.
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Exactly as I figured and is the norm sadly at many companies. That mentality has killed so many companies over the years that it's pathetic just because these bozos are greedy and/or resistance to change and/or deem it as "bad" since they don't understand it
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
Everybody cheap and lazy not just Epic, but yeah, turning Gears into an MMO wouldn't have been a bad idea.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
dudes were acting like they had limitless money when they were buying all those exclusives on PC
Batsute
The Lion Choker
Exactly as I figured and is the norm sadly at many companies. That mentality has killed so many companies over the years that it's pathetic just because these bozos are greedy and/or resistance to change and/or deem it as "bad" since they don't understand it
Breh it was trend chasing one after the other, Web 3.0, Metaverse, AI, ML, XR. During my time there we had 3 org changes and I’ve seen the Peter Principal in real time. You don’t go from 200$ to 25$ for nothing.
If you favorite studio goes public, kiss em goodbye.
Yeah, being good afterwards seems to be the exception rather than the rule for dev studios who get acquired.
