Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

Re:Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division by jarjar2_ on Monday November 13, 2023 @02:25PM (#38254118)

I think they've found their sweet spot as a publisher rather than a development house.

It's hard to make successful games, and just throwing large sums of money and people at a problem doesn't guarantee success.

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Re:Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division by ajyey on Monday November 13, 2023 @03:14PM (#38254789)

See: Rings of Power

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Re:Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division by dmvdoug on Monday November 13, 2023 @07:49PM (#38257406)

People say season two was better than season one but season one was so bad I can’t bring myself to watch season two.

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Re:Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division by upon_drumhead on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:55AM (#38265928)

Season 2 hasn’t been released yet.

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Re:Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division by dmvdoug on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:46PM (#38268568)

Ha, I was thinking of Wheel of Time series. This is what I get for commenting while on NyQuil.

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Re:Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division by antisthenes on Monday November 13, 2023 @04:59PM (#38255952)

Publisher in this case being the middle-man abusing monopoly power, as is the end game for pretty much any company in under-regulated capitalism.

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