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[–] Stovetop 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's an Irish site and so they probably want to market this as a success for Ireland and not necessarily that a Belgium-based studio is just using their Ireland branch office for special tax status.

It's not just a shell company though, as the article highlights they do have their own development staff there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They need some staff there to get the the tax benefits lol

Ireland really positioned themselves well for this. Megacorps love it!

We all pay for it though

[–] Stovetop 2 points 2 months ago

Doesn't necessarily need to be development staff, though. They could have just as easily set it up as their HR office with just a couple employees.