EA is laying off 6 percent of its workers

Re:EA is laying off 6 percent of its workers by JKCalhoun on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:00AM (#35370790)

I understand what you are saying but I'm old fashioned (or naive) enough to think that entertainment companies are supposed to be about art (and I'm using the word in an admittedly hand-wavy sort of way) and not about finding cheap money and/or growing headcount.

It already reads wrong if throwing money at my "competitors" somehow gives them some kind of advantage over me. That sounds factory-like (but then I am also coming to believe that what others call "AAA" games may not be the same kind of thing that drew me into gaming).

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Re:EA is laying off 6 percent of its workers by jackseviltwin on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:11AM (#35370881)

For EA and other entertainment companies, it's probably not about finding cheap money or growing headcount for its own sake. Cheap money funds more "art." They can try to create new games or movies or tv series and gamble that one or more becomes a hit or even a franchise that makes a return on that cheap investment. Maybe a return that covers the cost of multiple failed attempts. Similar to VCs.

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