Life Is Strange Dev's Workers Are Going On Strike Over Impending Layoffs

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/life-is-strange-devs-workers-are-going-on-strike-over-impending-layoffs/1100-6527613/

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DmMacniel@feddit.org · 36 pts · 1y

Nothing is more capitalistic than laying off your workers to get passable Q4 values. Absolutely disgusting.

ravhall@discuss.online · 17 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Pretty soon going on strike will be a felony

Xenny@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I dare them. Striking is the peaceful compromise.

ARg94@lemmy.packitsolutions.net · -5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Just like in 2017, right?

ravhall@discuss.online · 14 pts · 1y

No, he didn’t have the house, and the senate, or promise to be a dictator on day one

newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How effective is a strike when everyone is getting laid off anyways?

ISOmorph@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Don't Nod obviously employs more than the 69 people that are at stake. It would be called a foreclosure instead of a restructuring if it wasn't the case

kippinitreal@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Ideally if you fired striking workers the NLRB would get involved. Not so sure anymore.

a1studmuffin@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Late-stage capitalism (specifically public companies) are rather incompatible with singleplayer or "one-off" games that don't have a long revenue tail of a live season or multiple DLCs/expansions. That really sucks for the whole games industry, players and developers alike.

AceBonobo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why? Shouldn't they be working on another game after releasing the first?

Codilingus@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

Line must go up next quarter.

Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

They brought that one upon themselves imo. They were privately owned for 10 years before their IPO in 2018

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y
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Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Turns out they do actually "nod" (to their corporate overlords)