Comments on: Rumour: Funcom lays off “70%” of US staff http://www.vg247.com/2008/11/23/rumour-funcom-lays-off-70-of-us-staff/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: brennan40 http://www.vg247.com/2008/11/23/rumour-funcom-lays-off-70-of-us-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-40456 brennan40 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:57:30 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/23/rumour-funcom-lays-off-70-of-us-staff/#comment-40456 I read here that most of the job cuts are in CS and QA. But there's a disturbing trend whereby a lot of gaming staff are being laid off. I only hope developers/publishers start taking steps to curb it. In-game advertising is sounding more attractive if it'll help folks keep their jobs and I'm all for it. Also making games shorter (around 6-8 hours) because with the time schedules most titles are given, most games come off with 'average' gameplay mechanics and have higher amounts of glitches. I also hope to see some sort of banding together by those laid off. The Indie development scene is ready to take off with digital distribution widely available; just a lack of content is holding the Indie scene back. Hope to see some folks step up to the challenge, because all this news about lay-offs, kinda discouraging for any new talent looking to get into the development scene. I read here that most of the job cuts are in CS and QA. But there’s a disturbing trend whereby a lot of gaming staff are being laid off. I only hope developers/publishers start taking steps to curb it. In-game advertising is sounding more attractive if it’ll help folks keep their jobs and I’m all for it. Also making games shorter (around 6-8 hours) because with the time schedules most titles are given, most games come off with ‘average’ gameplay mechanics and have higher amounts of glitches.

I also hope to see some sort of banding together by those laid off. The Indie development scene is ready to take off with digital distribution widely available; just a lack of content is holding the Indie scene back.
Hope to see some folks step up to the challenge, because all this news about lay-offs, kinda discouraging for any new talent looking to get into the development scene.

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