kotaku's framing this as "refreshing" in the light of studio closures lately but tbh it feels naive to read it that way. Important questions remain:
- Who's getting the money from that DLC they claim is selling great? Do employees get residuals or is it "great job making the game, now fuck off"
- The claim is "this was always the plan". Did anyone get severance? It better be good fucking severance if this was the plan and your game is selling great
Idk. I can't be optimistic about any studio shutdown announcement that centers the ownership team and doesn't talk about steps to help the laid off workers at all. And you should ALWAYS be skeptical when you read a statement like that.
can't say I trust anyone who decides one sentence of "we'll be saying farewell to many of our team members" is a reasonable thing to say. plenty of people working for indie studios have lost their jobs because a founder decided they were bored with running a business, which is frankly what this smells like from the outside.
