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Georgeson is out, no word on Butler or Danuser... or Smed for that matter.
Edit: Danuser is out, man this thread moves fast.
Edit: Danuser is out, man this thread moves fast.
Only Georgeson so far out of those three.So - catching up.
What's the tally? Are Georgeson, Danuser, and Butler fucking out on their ass where they belong?
Shame for some of the lower key staff. Some good developers in that mix so, honestly, probably a good thing for them to get with a company that has decent management.
Good riddance. One more to go to clean house out of that shithole and hopefully they don't land anywhere else where they can ruin management principles. Butler, Danuser, and Georgeson are plagues to the industry. Although I have a feeling they will end up landing at Battlecry or Zynga. Hopefully Zynga. Let's keep all these rejects in one place.
I'm not sure how I logically see how you got from your evidence (who is being cut) to your conclusion (they're going mobile F2P, Zynga 2.0 confirmed.)given the layoff patterns (senior people, support staff, 50% cuts) this looks like the classic hedge fun raid and resell play: they will refocus all devs on mobile games, hire new junior devs to port their games to mobile, and sell the company in 18-36 months for 300-400% profit. I'd give it 50/50 odds on whether PC and console ports even are considered for their games anymore.
the name of the game is not actually making money, its about showing what your potential profit could be. PC/console MMOs have a very tight, very known profit model - you will generally sell 100k-1m copies at launch and settle at 50-300k subs or $15m/yr f2p fees. It doesn't really vary much outside that. Whereas f2p games are $0-100m/mo and its still the wild west, so its a much better space to try and gamble in. Investors don't give a shit about voxels or EQ heritage or anything like that, just what a company like Facebook or Microsoft or Google may buy and MMOs are not it.
He is a phony pile of shit and a mouth piece trophy management kiss ass artist with no applicable skills or vision in designing games. He should go back to running a web site or defending Curt Schilling with blinders.I liked Moorgard for his small stint with Vanguard. I think he helped the game out a lot in his small tenure. I have no ill will towards him, especially because he also posts on these boards from time to time.
Moorgard was handling all of the actual content - the actual game - for EQN. This news is the most shocking.I liked Moorgard for his small stint with Vanguard. I think he helped the game out a lot in his small tenure. I have no ill will towards him, especially because he also posts on these boards from time to time.
He doesn't get internet at his place.Also, where's Jestor Rodo to revel in this!