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The games industry sucks (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dustyData to c/games
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Same title as the video. Game dev writer Alanah Pierce offers her POV on the recent layoffs from Epic Games.

This is one of the few industries that consistently and continuously posts record profits while also firing everyone who put in the work to make the success possible.

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[–] PeterPoopshit 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What even is the point? The stock market is just a ticking time bomb and when it fucks up, somehow people lose their job and their house and anything else thats sustained by income. This makes sense how??? How is the stock market not considered a crime against humanity? It doesn't benefit anyone except maybe rich people but rich people are already rich so who tf cares.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it makes the fat cats even richer, they couldn't give less of a fuck about the rest of us.

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

It's time the fat cats had a heart attack.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know that their time's coming to an end

[–] Staccato 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until you dismantle inheritance, the old fat cats will find a way to pass their wealth to younger fat cats.

[–] Sanctus 1 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, the environment has a plan