Another Sony studio hit by layoffs following Naughty Dog and Visual Arts is Bangui. At this time, we don’t know how many Destiny employees will have to say goodbye to. One of them is community manager Liana Ruppert.
“Well…my heart breaks for everyone involved,” she wrote on the social network “X” and said that she was looking for new opportunities. At the same time, she admits that she is heartbroken and does not know what to do, because Bungie was her home.
At the beginning of the month, according to unverified data, he was supposed to be fired from the studio. Playful puppy and then contact support art. The layoffs are said to be a result of Sony suspending worldwide release of the standalone multiplayer game. Last of us.
There are also rumors of a change in strategy. The Japanese company is no longer going to focus so much on games with live services, and PlayStation Studios will focus more on story-based single-player games.. For this reason, CEO Jim Ryan is leaving, his successor must define a new strategy for the entire gaming division of Sony.
Over the weekend, insiders posted the information on forums such as Reddit. Instead of live-service games, Sony is reportedly looking to work more closely with studios and third-party publishers to help them create quality games. Spider-Man Marvel 2. SEGA and Bandai Namco are mentioned as possible partners.
It was reported that more than 90% of PlayStation Studios employees were unhappy with the emphasis on the live service. and some team leaders were afraid of losing experienced developers. They were also concerned that they had no experience with multiplayer games and were effectively wasting resources and talent. Many PlayStation fans, who did not understand Sony’s actions, shared the same opinion.
Unfortunately, he became a scapegoat for the failure of the live service strategy. Connie Booth. She was supposed to be in charge of the transformation of PlayStation Studios, but was recently fired due to failure. Her team needed to get their act together too.
Source :Indian TV
