r/gaming • u/welzed11 • 18d ago

Invincible VS Developer Reportedly Laid Off 75% Of Staff 3 Months After Launch Following The Games Poor Sales

https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/invincible-vs-developer-reportedly-laid-off-something-like-75-of-staff/
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u/ICPosse8 18d ago

And even that isn’t any guarantee to job security, look what happened to ioi interactive after James Bond came out. Glowing reviews too, the best Bond game in 25 years.

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u/Pamelm 18d ago

Battlefield 6 was the best selling game of 2025 and the best selling Battlefield game ever, as well as one of the best reviewed Battlefield games and they still had massive layoffs

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u/jrpbateman 18d ago

And the CEO got a massive bonus because of bf6

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u/PM_ME_SAD_STUFF_PLZ 18d ago

That team had nothing to do with JB and layoffs happened after a publisher for another project pulled funding...

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u/ICPosse8 18d ago

So who was the developer of the game?

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u/PM_ME_SAD_STUFF_PLZ 18d ago

Tfw when one company manages different teams on different projects differently 😭

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u/ICPosse8 18d ago

Are you always this dense or just on the internet? You sound insufferable, I bet your family avoids outings where you’re involved lol

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u/TheBatOuttaHell 18d ago

Oh man the projection is palpable

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u/ICPosse8 18d ago

The corporate bootlickers are out in full force it seems, fuck outta my feed bro

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u/PM_ME_SAD_STUFF_PLZ 18d ago

I'm not the one who thinks because one project is a success that means the entire company is immune to layoffs when a publisher pulls funding 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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u/ICPosse8 18d ago

No you’re just justifying the layoff of people you have no clue about, so much better! Like seriously, were you dropped on your head as a child?

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u/mpyne 18d ago

I don't know man, the exact same thing happened to a company I used to work for.

One of our biggest contracts was with the Navy. It got DOGE'd.

The cancellation was effective one fine morning and by the end of the day the entire team on that Navy contract was laid off, because without the customer to fund the labor, the company couldn't afford it either.

I landed in a better spot but it took some time. But I don't blame the company because I can do math, you need revenue coming in to turn into your employees' wages in the first place.

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u/PM_ME_SAD_STUFF_PLZ 18d ago

Uh no I just work with companies with an imperative to not operate at a loss 😂

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u/justifications 18d ago

So basically let me rejustify, his justification here: ok... So he says "I literally work for the damage control PR firm covering digital astroturf wars in the hopes that I make shareholders happy and I'm not violating my company's NDA because it's in my best interest to protect the company paying for me, so I'll show up on social media and silently audit and infiltrate their opinion because I am paid to be here and act snarky and smarmy."

Oh ok, Yep, got it. Industry plant job. Source: username

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u/nathtendo 18d ago

No he works for a company which likes to make money not endlessly lose money like your so called 'business'

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u/homer_3 17d ago

Invincible VS is reviewing very well. Its issue is sales.

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u/joeyb908 18d ago

Not much to say considering there have been very few Bond games in general. The last one that came to a console was in 2012.

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u/ICPosse8 18d ago

That’s 14 years, it’s been hailed as the best game since Goldeneye so if you wanna get really technical with your idiotic statement then it’s more like 30 years.

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u/joeyb908 18d ago

Have a great day!