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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pretty soon going on strike will be a felony

[–] Xenny 3 points 2 weeks ago

I dare them. Striking is the peaceful compromise.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] newthrowaway20 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Line must go up next quarter.

[–] Sylvartas 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Sylvartas 1 points 2 weeks ago

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