Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division

https://aftermath.site/amazon-lays-off-180-employees-in-its-games-division

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DashboTreeFrog@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I honestly didn't know they had a games division

TeaHands@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Pretty sure they were on about making a LotR MMO at some point? No idea what else they were up to though.

Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y

New World MMORPG is made by Amazon

Butterpaderp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

They made Crucible which got some hype, but it flopped hard. For a game that was in development for 6 years, it didnt feel like they playtested it at all.

Jinxyface@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

LotR MMO in the works, but they also made New World and Crucible

alphacyberranger@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (9 replies)

So all of them?

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y (8 replies)

No, they kept all the middle managers on so they can schedule meetings and give each other raises.

LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world · -30 pts · 2y (7 replies)

So much snarky hate from baby coders but can you imagine if you had to be a person and pick up the phone and actually talk to your customers. Or actually manage your own time and stay on task?

The horror.

Shalakushka@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"I know what will help these idiot coders manage their time better: more meaningless meetings with middle managers patting themselves on the back"

LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 2y

I love how you judge them all by stereotype in classic tech bro I know better than you peak form.

SatouKazuma@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Perhaps if you'd get over your density, you'd realise that a lot of developers (myself included) do manage our own time. That take of yours isn't it. You may want to reconsider.

LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yes, the most successful companies are always headed up solely by devs and engineers. Got it 👌.

SatouKazuma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Ah, my hopes were too high, it seems.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I've probably been coding for longer than you've been alive, champ.

LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y

👌 champ