LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSupermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affectedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imageSupermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affectedlemmy.worldLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/supermassive-games-ltd_a-statement-from-supermassive-games-activity-7492908502840127489-AHmJ/
minus-squareMicrow@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 days agoTheir CEO quit end of June without any reason stated. Sounds like he was the first one to get laid off.
minus-squareTHE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·2 days agoWell that’s good.
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·2 days agoMost of these layoffs are VC groups pulling funding from gaming companies to shift to AI investments
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah because they think that AI will make the games in the future. Have you seen AI make games they’re terrible. They objectively work but they’re not good games because AI has no creativity.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agothe best I’ve seen are shitty clones of simple games like frogger or flappy bird - anything else is about as interactive as a slideshow or vaporware.
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI doubt they even care, VCs are there for investment returns, they don’t give a shit about anything else
Their CEO quit end of June without any reason stated. Sounds like he was the first one to get laid off.
Well that’s good.
Most of these layoffs are VC groups pulling funding from gaming companies to shift to AI investments
Yeah because they think that AI will make the games in the future.
Have you seen AI make games they’re terrible. They objectively work but they’re not good games because AI has no creativity.
the best I’ve seen are shitty clones of simple games like frogger or flappy bird - anything else is about as interactive as a slideshow or vaporware.
I doubt they even care, VCs are there for investment returns, they don’t give a shit about anything else