32 votes

Layoffs at Epic Games (about 830 employees, 16%)

4 comments

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    SirNut
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    The post appears relatively positive, with the listed severance packages being seemingly adequate but I wonder if there’s more than meets the eye to this It’s kind of ingrained in my head that...

    The post appears relatively positive, with the listed severance packages being seemingly adequate but I wonder if there’s more than meets the eye to this

    It’s kind of ingrained in my head that “Epic=bad” when they released their own launcher to compete with steam, but now it’s getting to be much more difficult to discern who the bad guy is in this situation

    9 votes
    1. thefilmslayer
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      Perhaps another company thinking numbers would just keep going up crashing into the wall of reality.

      Perhaps another company thinking numbers would just keep going up crashing into the wall of reality.

      11 votes
  2. Nijuu
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    Had to come to a head eventually. Can't keep throwing money to buy new games to be offered as exclusives. Will we see "free" games dry up at some point?

    Had to come to a head eventually. Can't keep throwing money to buy new games to be offered as exclusives. Will we see "free" games dry up at some point?