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Unity cuts 265 jobs as part of a company 'reset' (www.engadget.com)

submitted 10 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 74 points 10 months ago

If management hadn't created that PR disaster, these people would probably still have jobs.

[-] chakan2@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago

Welcome to corporate, the C level is never the problem.

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

I mean... The CEO was forced out after the disaster.

[-] spudwart@spudwart.com 33 points 10 months ago

Yes forced out the window, with his golden parachute.

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That CEO was brought in to take the heat for that decision. I'm not sure that really counts...

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

He was? I hadn't heard anything like that-- Can you point me to some reading?

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

Granted, he was the former CEO of EA Games.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 18 points 10 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 13 points 10 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.

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 21 points 10 months ago

Well, the faster they dig, the sooner they'll be out of that hole they dug themselves into.

[-] gullible@kbin.social 9 points 10 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 13 points 10 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

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Don't forget the contracts with the military to help train them to "definitely not kill people"!

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Military does a lot more than just going around killing people, I sincerely hope this is a thing you understand, please tell me you’re aware..

[-] Comexs@monero.town 4 points 10 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 3 points 10 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.