Well, the faster they dig, the sooner they'll be out of that hole they dug themselves into.
Unity cuts 265 jobs as part of a company 'reset'
Submitted 11 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.engadget.com/unity-cuts-265-jobs-as-part-of-a-company-reset-123511764.html
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massive_bereavement@kbin.social 11 months ago
gullible@kbin.social 11 months ago
What exactly did unity have so many employees for? I’ve only just realized that I don’t know what their company does, besides develop a game engine.
BURN@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They offer enterprise level support for their engine and also have a lot of mobile focused development. They have their own in house ad provider and dedicated a bunch of man power to monetizing mobile as much as possible
Comexs@monero.town 11 months ago
I think they bought some comany that could help them get into the CG movie sence like what unreal is doing with disney and the likes. The new CEO is try to focusing on the gaming aspect of untiy so they are selling off some parts of the acquisition. I think they mostly kept the IP but are liquidating everything else.
Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Given how stagnant the engine has been over the years, I wonder the same thing. So many people over there yet so little value being added to their game engine.
LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I like that it’s 2^8 people.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I got some bad news for you…
hypertown@lemmy.world 11 months ago
… you have dislexia Harry.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 months ago
If management hadn’t created that PR disaster, these people would probably still have jobs.
chakan2@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Welcome to corporate, the C level is never the problem.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I mean… The CEO was forced out after the disaster.
smeg@feddit.uk 11 months ago
They’ve been making people redundant left right and centre for the last few years. They overstretched and overhired after going public and are now being bitten by recession and terrible decisions, of which the recent licence fiasco is just one.
zib@kbin.social 11 months ago
That's it exactly. In addition to over-hiring during COVID, the massive spending spree from a ton of over-inflated, short-sighted acquisitions ever since the IPO absolutely demolished the company's budget. Cutting Weta Digital was only the tip of this latest iceberg.
amio@kbin.social 11 months ago
Wanna bet whether or not the idiot CEO is still going to be on payroll?