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Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Larian's Publishing Director Calls Games Industry Layoffs an 'Avoidable F*ck Up' (www.ign.com)

submitted 7 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 7 months ago

The vast majority of these recent layoffs have taken place at wildly successful companies that were all profitable and had strong sales.

The sales just weren't as high as they were expecting due to their own aggressive post-covid targets, so for c-levels to unlock their full bonuses they needed to harvest skulls.