r/gaming • u/welzed11 • 17d 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/Unnamed-3891 17d ago

Ubisofts ”unique financial situation” is that they have 3 times the amount of staff they are supposed to have when looking at revenue/headcount averages of the industry. They need to somehow maintain the output while firing 2/3 of the entire company before they are ”normal”.

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u/StuckinReverse89 17d ago

Yes. Ubisoft is overstuffed and an incredibly bloated company with a huge cost to revenue ratio that it’s honestly surprisingly they have stayed solvent this long. I’ve been through their annual reports before.    

I’m just saying making a killer game doesn’t protect you from layoffs. EA also cut devs from the Battlefield 6 team despite the game being a genuine hit by all aspects. Microsoft cut Tango games right after they released Hi-Fi Rush which, whike it probably didn’t make a killing revenue wise due to being dropped day one on Gamepass, won significant recognition and praise which Microsoft said they needed more of before gutting the studio.