Court filings from the battle between GTA 6 studio Rockstar and fired workers have revealed how Rockstar accessed a Discord server set up by union organisers.
  • theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    will be rewarded by being laid off. Not buying it only punishes the shithead management

    While I agree with the sentiment, that’s a gross oversimplification.

    • While I’m sure the studio will likely downsize and lay off staff, many will stay on.
    • Passion and care inevitably went into the game, to some degree. I would be surprised if devs and artists were indifferent to its success, whether they kept their jobs or not.
    • It’s hugely different to be laid off after a hit game vs a failure of a game, when it comes to finding new work.
    • The art itself, if it was of any quality, is wasted.

    Again, I’m not advocating people buy it. I just wish we had the power to fight some other way. I won’t be buying it, but I wouldn’t have bought it anyway. It will also very likely sell like hotcakes, regardless of our posturing.