Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by trimbo on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:41PM
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The article says the layoffs are "mostly" not dev teams, but rather on the publishing side.
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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by chrisseaton on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:53PM
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What's the difference between development and publishing?
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by jmchuster on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:59PM
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In this case, since Blizzard is both publisher and developer, it basically means marketing.
When a publisher is separate from the developer, the publisher is also mostly responsible for funding the game development.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by the_duke on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @09:00PM
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Developer: artists, developers, writers, ...
Publisher: marketing, distribution, payment processing, support, ...
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by baud147258 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:50AM
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You can add QA for publishers too.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by rjf72 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @12:39AM
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Developers are the people who's job is to make a game. Publishers are the people who's job is to sell a game.
Developer = programmers, designers, artists, sound guys, ...
Publisher = marketing, finance, accounting, advertising, guy-who-says-you-must-have-microtransactions, ...