Comment on Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean, if you want to emulate a corporate ethos, I don’t think Japan should be the benchmark, either…

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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Their crunch culture is def bad (they’re going to kill Sakurai one day), but there is quite a few things they do right. They don’t lay people off and their executives take accountability. Iwata took a significant pay cut when the Wii U flopped.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They can’t lay people off, so they just put them in a room with no work to do until they get so bored that they quit. It’s the same thing but different.

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      • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’ll take my chances with the boredom room.

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      • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Whatever you do, please don’t throw me in the briar patch boredom room!

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      • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Why would I quit my dream job? Getting paid so sit doing nothing is my life long goal.

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• pulido@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think a lot of what comes out of Japan is better than the West because they haven’t given up their idea of the company man.

  Like it or not, having to switch jobs every few years is going to impact your performance.

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  • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    at least the west is starting to acknowledge the torturous monotony of doing the same job for decades.

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    • pulido@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Lots of people prefer the comfort of familiarity.

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