Video game workers just can't catch a break
  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    1 year ago

    I’ll be honest, I am quite surprised they had 180 workers left there after the continuous stream of tepid stuff they’ve put out over time.

    Still, sucks for the people working there, becuase I bet a lot of them at least started really driven and motivated before corporate ground their will down.

  • Haru@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    It is an honest shame, there was a lot of talent brought in, but honestly not surprised it ended this way.

        • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          No, it was just especially egregious with Amazon in this scenario (and often in general with them …)

          They had some promising technology and talent, but focused on what creativity they could cram into the flywheel instead of coming up with something good that could then later feed back into the ecosystem. The latter process can yield surprise successes like the Amazon Echo.

  • Tygr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    I’m not understanding. As this is the first I’ve ever heard of this, I went to their site and it looks like freebies for games you play and games from other developers.

    Did Amazon make their own games? If not, what were these 180 workers doing exactly?