LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSupermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affectedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1190file-text
arrow-up1190imageSupermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affectedlemmy.worldLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/supermassive-games-ltd_a-statement-from-supermassive-games-activity-7492908502840127489-AHmJ/
minus-squareMicrow@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·9 days agoTheir CEO quit end of June without any reason stated. Sounds like he was the first one to get laid off.
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·9 days agoMost of these layoffs are VC groups pulling funding from gaming companies to shift to AI investments
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoYeah because they think that AI will make the games in the future. Have you seen AI make games they’re terrible. They objectively work but they’re not good games because AI has no creativity.
minus-squareomarfw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoMost of these VCs are funded by old boomers who will fall for any tech hype. LLMs are the most successful grift of all time.
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoI doubt they even care, VCs are there for investment returns, they don’t give a shit about anything else
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agothe best I’ve seen are shitty clones of simple games like frogger or flappy bird - anything else is about as interactive as a slideshow or vaporware.
Their CEO quit end of June without any reason stated. Sounds like he was the first one to get laid off.
Well that’s good.
Most of these layoffs are VC groups pulling funding from gaming companies to shift to AI investments
Yeah because they think that AI will make the games in the future.
Have you seen AI make games they’re terrible. They objectively work but they’re not good games because AI has no creativity.
Most of these VCs are funded by old boomers who will fall for any tech hype. LLMs are the most successful grift of all time.
I doubt they even care, VCs are there for investment returns, they don’t give a shit about anything else
the best I’ve seen are shitty clones of simple games like frogger or flappy bird - anything else is about as interactive as a slideshow or vaporware.