"I'm sorry we're here again," says Epic Games CEO as Fortnite maker lays off over 1000 employees

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• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah nah. Fuck you.

  For context, this is worth a watch for some post Unreal and pre-GoW Epic MegaGames, and CliffyB’s autobiography is worth a read too.

  I used to like Tim Sweeney. A guy who rewarded hard work and loyalty, and when a big paycheque guaranteed the company’s future.

  Now, it’s just a content stripping studio that fucks over any notion of creativity or loyalty. Fortnite - a really decent shooter at it’s core - is just awash with lazy crossover MTX now, and I’m still fucking salty about how Save The World was left to die even when Battle Royale was bringing in megabucks.

  To add insult to injury, there’s a trove of early MegaGames titles begging for a 3D entry, or even just another decent Unreal game that could make the world forget about HL3 for five minutes.

  Fuck you Epic. There’s enough money and ideas to go around. They’re just not staying in the company and going into greedy bastard’s pockets.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Come on now calling Fortnite a decent shooter is a bit much. A decent builder with the violence children crave perhaps

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• muxika@piefed.muxika.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Translation: we’re giving ourselves raises. 

  I’m sure someone else is getting more money out of this excuse. 

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  • FatVegan@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They made like 6 billion dollars last year and they got like a billion or more from Disney. These fuckers need to be shot.

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    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah but someone wrote in a excel sheet somewhere that they should’ve make more than that, so they can’t affore the staff.

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• JakenVeina@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Not sorry enough to do anything meaningful about it, though. You know, aside from shoving all the consequences on you.”

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