Extended - No Rest For the Layoffs - Easy Allies Podcast - Mar 1, 2024
Added 2024-03-01 17:22:36 +0000 UTCEp 412 - The year's historic round of layoffs hits harder this week as PlayStation and EA make massive cuts. Meanwhile, we check out Balatro, No Rest for the Wicked, and the Splatoon 3 DLC, speculate on that new Pokemon announcement, and go through January sales.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8O68YKVN0
0:00 - Intro
1:52 - Balatro Impressions
15:23 - Pokemon Presents
36:07 - No Rest for the Wicked Preview
48:33 - January Sales Report
1:06:03 - Splatoon 3: Side Order Impressions
1:17:22 - Layoffs at PlayStation, EA, and More
1:44:33 - Also This Week
1:51:35 - L&R: Is Another Crash Coming?
2:04:01 - L&R: A Lull in the Generation
2:19:05 - L&R: Dream Reimaginings
2:26:42 - Bonus L&R: Speaking to Your Soul
2:31:10 - Bonus L&R: Gaming Associations
2:36:01 - Bets
2:42:01 - Closing
Comments
Isla and many others have said the pandemic hiring spree was short-sighted and irresponsible, leading to mass firings in 2023 and 2024. My perspective is that all those developers did still get a few years' salary and health insurance out of it. Being laid off is awful, but I think we should bear in mind something when admonishing companies: thousands of developers benefited from the corporate "irresponsibility" too. Not an excuse for rampant layoff, just a thought.
Zorgla
2024-03-03 19:53:48 +0000 UTCI know corrections aren’t a thing anymore but what Damiani said about Japan isn’t 100% true. Yes, mass layoffs don’t happen that often, but it’s because most of the staff are contract workers. Because they don’t technically lay you off, it’s just they don’t renew your contract. The full-time employees are the main directors, programmers, etc. So the layoffs happen often in Japan but they aren’t technically lay offs. And the gaming industry is full of contract workers.
The Diddler
2024-03-03 14:57:43 +0000 UTCTCG Live like just came out of beta last year too it's so confusing
toadshadow
2024-03-01 23:25:01 +0000 UTCTo clarify - there’s already a Pokémon TCG game on phones that is the whole game, Pokémon TCG Live. Pocket seems to be focusing more on the “digital” aspect of digital card games rather than being the game itself.
Erunion
2024-03-01 17:53:57 +0000 UTC
