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The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue

The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue

Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims
Keith Stuart (The Guardian)
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gh0stb4tz
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gh0stb4tz
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This statement about game developers and corporate whims has been true for forever. It’s why many of us left the video game industry years ago and never looked back.
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bluetoofs
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At this point, I truly wonder why anybody would seek employment in the game industry (and many other tech sectors as well). I’d completely written off most of that throughout the years when I was trying to re-train in a different field.
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