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Can somebody explain why game makers don't start their own companies together? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/gaming

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It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I'm reading is that it's a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors' pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower salaries.

So, what's holding back gamedevs from banding together to either unionize or start their own companies with better conditions that the purely money-driven studios? Why aren't they trying to be better? Nobody willing to invest in them? Does starting a company together mean they will now be the bosses who have to answer to the investors, ensure returns, and fire employees? Is the world just an entire shit-cake?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

They do, though. Like, all the time. Many Indy companies start this way, and a lot of AA to even AAA studios started after high profile people were let go or otherwise left a bigger company to start their own.

[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

There were a bunch of game company closures in Australia in the 2000s and now there are a bunch of Australian indie devs, as an example. The cycle takes a long time though.

[–] Beegzoidberg 2 points 6 months ago

Right, like wild light