Hooray: ****** gamedevs being fired thread

[Tangerine]

From Quantic Foundry:

The Opportunity Space is Larger Than It Appears
The data hints at how none of these numbers are set in stone or represent some kind of hard ceiling. Note that variations within the same genre can be much larger than variations between genres. For example, Dragon Age: Inquisition has double the genre average (48% vs. 26%). In fact, this 48% is higher than the next 5 genre averages.

Bioware games are the videogame equivalent of romance novels; catnip for lonely liberal women with overstimulated beans. Yes, the figure is DAI and not the original games titles, but if I had to put numbers to it, based on personal experience I'd say DAO and ME were around 20-30%, with sequels going up in percentage as the romance options became more degenerate. Fox News highlighting lesbian romances certainly helped ME, since women aren't normally into sci-fi.

[1998]

From Quantic Foundry:

The Opportunity Space is Larger Than It Appears
The data hints at how none of these numbers are set in stone or represent some kind of hard ceiling. Note that variations within the same genre can be much larger than variations between genres. For example, Dragon Age: Inquisition has double the genre average (48% vs. 26%). In fact, this 48% is higher than the next 5 genre averages.

Bioware games are the videogame equivalent of romance novels; catnip for lonely liberal women with overstimulated beans. Yes, the figure is DAI and not the original games titles, but if I had to put numbers to it, based on personal experience I'd say DAO and ME were around 20-30%, with sequels going up in percentage as the romance options became more degenerate. Fox News highlighting lesbian romances certainly helped ME, since women aren't normally into sci-fi.

Yeah I don't trust him

[rusty_shackleford]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

[rusty_shackleford]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

ME3 had 18% female shepard, which obviously not representative of female pop due to proto-******** playing as a woman(gay), gives an idea of how small the female % is even for ME3. Even years later, MELE was mostly played by dedicated fans doing another playthru and male Shepard was still overwhelmingly the most popular.

[Tangerine]

I'll buy that percentage of female Shepards is better metric of how many women actually played. I've unfortunately been around a lot of liberal women, so the Quantic Foundry stats seemed to jive jibe with my experiences.

[J1M]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

48% female players. 54% transgender players. And 318% male players.

[Tangerine]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.

32% of inquisitors were created as women, so 20-25% is not a bad estimate for female players.

[rusty_shackleford]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.

32% of inquisitors were created as women, so 20-25% is not a bad estimate for female players.

Yes, this is about as well as you can do without moving to a genre like interactive fiction. And that's with retooling your entire marketing/design to cater to women.

[Shillitron]

Huh???
Very often these are people who are overpaid and less motivated. What an idiot.

severance packages

[Faceless_Sentinel]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.

32% of inquisitors were created as women, so 20-25% is not a bad estimate for female players.

We also should take in consideration that there a ****** in both categories also men who created female characters because they don't care about roleplay and whant to look on "sexy female", may be the same thing with women I'm not sure.

[J1M]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.

32% of inquisitors were created as women, so 20-25% is not a bad estimate for female players.

We also should take in consideration that there a ****** in both categories also men who created female characters because they don't care about roleplay and whant to look on "sexy female", may be the same thing with women I'm not sure.

If 68% of people selected male characters, I would assume that 68% of those selecting female would be male as well. Which would leave you with ~10% female audience. Outside of mobile activities that aren't truly games, this seems realistic.

Really ask yourself, how many women are going out and obtaining the computer or console hardware required, and then also making a software purchase? If a man buys Dragon Age: Inquisition and his girlfriend starts a new game that she plays, even if she completes it, is she really "female audience" if that purchase would never have occurred without the boyfriend?

[Rand]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

I believe that if you could somehow get rid of Twitch streaming and the like, the percentage of women playing games would drop by two-thirds or more as they would not do it except for the social attention, other activities with said attention becoming far more attractive to them than solo entertainment.

[Rand]

seemed to jive with my experiences.

The word you mean to use is jibe

Jive is not a word that means what you wish to say.
It almost means the opposite.

[SoLong]

Speaking of game devs getting laid off: any news about how bad the commercial failure of Dragon Age: Failtard was? Last I heard of the game there was a puff piece interview where the ****** and another Biodrone sucked each other off about the good critical reviews while not answering how good or bad the actual sales were.

[rusty_shackleford]

Speaking of game devs getting laid off: any news about how bad the commercial failure of Dragon Age: Failtard was? Last I heard of the game there was a puff piece interview where the ****** and another Biodrone sucked each other off about the good critical reviews while not answering how good or bad the actual sales were.

It's already on sale for half off or something close

[RangerBoo]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

I'm sure 23% of those "female" gamers are ********. Once again they are trying to overinflate the number of women playing video games. They are desperate to maintain the illusion that over 50% of gamers are women. It is baffling to me why they will sacrifice profit in order to maintain this illusion. It reminds of communist dictatorships.

[Shillitron]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

I'm sure 23% of those "female" gamers are ********. Once again they are trying to overinflate the number of women playing video games. They are desperate to maintain the illusion that over 50% of gamers are women. It is baffling to me why they will sacrifice profit in order to maintain this illusion. It reminds of communist dictatorships.

If investors think something has market capital growth potential they will keep giving you good boi bux.

If Games are revealed to be predominantly a male only hobby that cuts it's growth factor in half.

[Shillitron]

Did @RangerBoo crack the code?
Is the ***** movement just a giant marketing stunt by video game companies to suck up investment / shareholders.

Is this why New Vegas speed running was invented?

I need to get to the bottom of this.

[Stack of Turtles]

I highly, highly doubt even DAI got close to 48% female players. I'd believe 25%, and that would be an exceptional standout.
Bioware's decision to chase the female market was a complete failure.

I'm sure 23% of those "female" gamers are ********. Once again they are trying to overinflate the number of women playing video games. They are desperate to maintain the illusion that over 50% of gamers are women. It is baffling to me why they will sacrifice profit in order to maintain this illusion. It reminds of communist dictatorships.

If investors think something has market capital growth potential they will keep giving you good boi bux.

If Games are revealed to be predominantly a male only hobby that cuts it's growth factor in half.

Kalarion: He's at least partly right. In fact, more than half - women spend more money overall. That's why they're now the target demographic of everything.
Remember, investors are ******** and most of them know nothing about business, they just throw money at things. They would absolutely believe that Veilguard has more growth potential than games you like because they imagine that women will buy it to write fanfics and make it a cultural phenomenon.

[RangerBoo]

I'm sure 23% of those "female" gamers are ********. Once again they are trying to overinflate the number of women playing video games. They are desperate to maintain the illusion that over 50% of gamers are women. It is baffling to me why they will sacrifice profit in order to maintain this illusion. It reminds of communist dictatorships.

If investors think something has market capital growth potential they will keep giving you good boi bux.

If Games are revealed to be predominantly a male only hobby that cuts it's growth factor in half.

Kalarion: He's at least partly right. In fact, more than half - women spend more money overall. That's why they're now the target demographic of everything.
Remember, investors are ******** and most of them know nothing about business, they just throw money at things. They would absolutely believe that Veilguard has more growth potential than games you like because they imagine that women will buy it to write fanfics and make it a cultural phenomenon.

Twilight and its consequences has been a disaster for entertainment.

[Stack of Turtles]

If investors think something has market capital growth potential they will keep giving you good boi bux.

If Games are revealed to be predominantly a male only hobby that cuts it's growth factor in half.

Kalarion: He's at least partly right. In fact, more than half - women spend more money overall. That's why they're now the target demographic of everything.
Remember, investors are ******** and most of them know nothing about business, they just throw money at things. They would absolutely believe that Veilguard has more growth potential than games you like because they imagine that women will buy it to write fanfics and make it a cultural phenomenon.

Twilight and its consequences has been a disaster for entertainment.

Oh yeah, that's a great point. Especially the elevation of a Twilight fanfic to the talk show novel of the 2010s (50 Shades of Grey). That's exactly the kind of thing everyone's been chasing.

[Breathe]

If investors think something has market capital growth potential they will keep giving you good boi bux.

If Games are revealed to be predominantly a male only hobby that cuts it's growth factor in half.

Kalarion: He's at least partly right. In fact, more than half - women spend more money overall. That's why they're now the target demographic of everything.
Remember, investors are ******** and most of them know nothing about business, they just throw money at things. They would absolutely believe that Veilguard has more growth potential than games you like because they imagine that women will buy it to write fanfics and make it a cultural phenomenon.

Twilight and its consequences has been a disaster for entertainment.

Nah just women being hired (that shouldn't be) in every sector for diversity quotas. We're watching every industry slowly collapse because only non-White men and women have been filling positions they have no business being in.

[RangerBoo]

Nah just women being hired (that shouldn't be) in every sector for diversity quotas. We're watching every industry slowly collapse because only non-White men and women have been filling positions they have no business being in.

Not just women. Normal women know who and what to market to. It is feminist activists who are hellbent on destroying every single male hobby they can get their hands on and have it be gynocentric trash. They don't care if the so called "modern audience" doesn't show up to buy their trash. The objective is the demoralization of males. Always has been.

[UltraFan123]

Oh yeah, that's a great point. Especially the elevation of a Twilight fanfic to the talk show novel of the 2010s (50 Shades of Grey). That's exactly the kind of thing everyone's been chasing.

I was going to mention 50 Shades as well. lol

If I am being honest, I find it dumbfounding how the feminist narrative insists that women are "independent" or whatever yet the ultimate fantasy of the average consoomer wahmah is to be utterly dominated by a male that under all definitions is super "toxic".

[Stack of Turtles]

Oh yeah, that's a great point. Especially the elevation of a Twilight fanfic to the talk show novel of the 2010s (50 Shades of Grey). That's exactly the kind of thing everyone's been chasing.

I was going to mention 50 Shades as well. lol

If I am being honest, I find it dumbfounding how the feminist narrative insists that women are "independent" or whatever yet the ultimate fantasy of the average consoomer wahmah is to be utterly dominated by a male that under all definitions is super "toxic".

It's not really "dumbfounding", you just found out that women are dumb.

[Irenaeus]

Not gamedevs but at least game journalists:

https://aftermath.site/ziff-davis-ign-g ... le-buyouts

IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, And Humble Lose Key Staff To Soft Layoffs

► Show Spoiler

In late October, digital media mainstay Ziff Davis made an offer to its staff. “Organic revenue,” read an email to employees, had declined by 10 percent since 2021, necessitating cuts. Like others in the industry, the company proposed a series of voluntary buyouts to those who "may be ready to move on, explore new opportunities, or just take a break." In other words, layoffs, but employees get to choose whether to disembark the sinking ship now or potentially get thrown overboard later. The end result, as we’ve seen over the course of the past few weeks, is the same: Publications lose key people, and those remaining wind up spread increasingly thin.

Update 12/13/24: Kat Bailey, IGN's news director who previously ran now-shuttered Gamer Network site US Gamer, announced her departure today. Additionally, Aftermath has learned that Simon Maxwell, CEO of Gamer Network, has also taken a buyout and will be leaving the company.

Original: Gaming-related properties that have been hit by Ziff’s soft layoffs include IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, and Humble Bundle. In the former two cases, multiple employees have publicly announced their impending departures.

"Announcement time: next week is my last week at IGN," senior news editor Alex Stedman recently wrote on Instagram. "As for what’s next for me, I’m honestly not sure yet! But what’s become abundantly clear to me is that I really need a break. I’m beyond lucky to have been working consistently in entertainment journalism from the age of 20, but after 12 years largely in a news grind, I’m exhausted! And it’s time to take a breather and consider my next moves."

"I'm leaving GamesIndustry.biz at the end of the month," GI.biz head Christopher Dring wrote last week. "It's been quite the 8-year journey. I love the industry, I love business media and I will be back in 2025, although what that will look like is to be worked out."

These are industry veterans – as opposed to more-easily-replaced up and comers – and they’re not alone. At GI.biz, three staffers, including EIC James Batchelor, have announced that this is their final month, leaving one of the few influential trade publications in video games with a single full-time employee. A current IGN staff member who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss these matters publicly told Aftermath that while their site has not been “decimated,” at least six people have accepted buyouts. As for Humble, exact numbers are unclear, but one current Ziff employee and one former Humble employee both told Aftermath that “a lot” of Humble staff have taken buyouts.

Ziff Davis did not reply to a request for comment.

[Breathe]

Not gamedevs but at least game journalists:

https://aftermath.site/ziff-davis-ign-g ... le-buyouts

IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, And Humble Lose Key Staff To Soft Layoffs

► Show Spoiler

In late October, digital media mainstay Ziff Davis made an offer to its staff. “Organic revenue,” read an email to employees, had declined by 10 percent since 2021, necessitating cuts. Like others in the industry, the company proposed a series of voluntary buyouts to those who "may be ready to move on, explore new opportunities, or just take a break." In other words, layoffs, but employees get to choose whether to disembark the sinking ship now or potentially get thrown overboard later. The end result, as we’ve seen over the course of the past few weeks, is the same: Publications lose key people, and those remaining wind up spread increasingly thin.

Update 12/13/24: Kat Bailey, IGN's news director who previously ran now-shuttered Gamer Network site US Gamer, announced her departure today. Additionally, Aftermath has learned that Simon Maxwell, CEO of Gamer Network, has also taken a buyout and will be leaving the company.

Original: Gaming-related properties that have been hit by Ziff’s soft layoffs include IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, and Humble Bundle. In the former two cases, multiple employees have publicly announced their impending departures.

"Announcement time: next week is my last week at IGN," senior news editor Alex Stedman recently wrote on Instagram. "As for what’s next for me, I’m honestly not sure yet! But what’s become abundantly clear to me is that I really need a break. I’m beyond lucky to have been working consistently in entertainment journalism from the age of 20, but after 12 years largely in a news grind, I’m exhausted! And it’s time to take a breather and consider my next moves."

"I'm leaving GamesIndustry.biz at the end of the month," GI.biz head Christopher Dring wrote last week. "It's been quite the 8-year journey. I love the industry, I love business media and I will be back in 2025, although what that will look like is to be worked out."

These are industry veterans – as opposed to more-easily-replaced up and comers – and they’re not alone. At GI.biz, three staffers, including EIC James Batchelor, have announced that this is their final month, leaving one of the few influential trade publications in video games with a single full-time employee. A current IGN staff member who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss these matters publicly told Aftermath that while their site has not been “decimated,” at least six people have accepted buyouts. As for Humble, exact numbers are unclear, but one current Ziff employee and one former Humble employee both told Aftermath that “a lot” of Humble staff have taken buyouts.

Ziff Davis did not reply to a request for comment.

Only 38 game journalists left.

[Irenaeus]

[UltraFan123]

I'm gonna make a guess and say that the game was going to be filled with woke **** and this "games with deep stories don't sell" excuse is just cope.

[rusty_shackleford]

Didn't that walking simulator with the cat sell like a billion copies?