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Game plan:
They looked at EA and copied their homework
Microsoft wants to be bought by Saudi Arabia?
Hire and fire. Sadly more common all across the economy. All thanks to Jack Welch and his fixture on shareholder value.
Hire a bunch of people to create the illusion of growth. Fire a bunch of people to create the illusion of ruthless efficiency. Rinse and repeat.
The profit part is when you crash the industry and all the smaller studios go out of business... you can weather the collapse and they can't.
Then nobody has a choice but to deal with you, consumers and developers both.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine
after the last few years where this trend is so clear, it really makes me question the people who are selling out to the big corps when they know it's just going to fuck the company and employees
Every company owner has their price.