LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSupermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affectedimagemessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1190arrow-down1imageSupermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affectedLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/supermassive-games-ltd_a-statement-from-supermassive-games-activity-7492908502840127489-AHmJ/
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 month agoMost of these layoffs are VC groups pulling funding from gaming companies to shift to AI investments
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah because they think that AI will make the games in the future. Have you seen AI make games they’re terrible. They objectively work but they’re not good games because AI has no creativity.
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI doubt they even care, VCs are there for investment returns, they don’t give a shit about anything else
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agothe best I’ve seen are shitty clones of simple games like frogger or flappy bird - anything else is about as interactive as a slideshow or vaporware.
minus-squareomarfw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMost of these VCs are funded by old boomers who will fall for any tech hype. LLMs are the most successful grift of all time.
Most of these layoffs are VC groups pulling funding from gaming companies to shift to AI investments
Yeah because they think that AI will make the games in the future.
Have you seen AI make games they’re terrible. They objectively work but they’re not good games because AI has no creativity.
I doubt they even care, VCs are there for investment returns, they don’t give a shit about anything else
the best I’ve seen are shitty clones of simple games like frogger or flappy bird - anything else is about as interactive as a slideshow or vaporware.
Most of these VCs are funded by old boomers who will fall for any tech hype. LLMs are the most successful grift of all time.