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Re:Niantic undergoes layoffs, cancels four games by bluefirebrand on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:10PM (#32091546)
The problem is that they almost never actually have the same designers, programmers, artists, writers, or funding or anything.

From what I've heard, the game industry is notorious for laying a lot of the staff off after a game project before they even know if the game is successful or not. Then they might bring those people back for a sequel if they are still available when they start making it.

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Re:Niantic undergoes layoffs, cancels four games by pjmlp on Thursday July 14, 2022 @01:45AM (#32092450)
One of the things that killed my interest in working in the industry is the working conditions, and the expectation that many employees are actually one person company contracting for the next gig.

So on top of all the known issues, one can be let go at any time.

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