More lay offs - SEGA America

Vio

http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/122/1222024p1.html

Just came across this on IGN, seems like all the QA department and quite a few from the marketing and design area have been laid off at Sega America in a final round of cuts

I don't like this sudden influx of bad news, seems like one of us has a new story about it every week now. Well lets just hope these individuals also get back in work soon.

Alberto Rdrgz

omfg....

Kot_Leopold

The future doesn't look too bright from this point on...

nordahl154

Such a shame...

D4V1DC

Drag!!!

Best of luck to all of them.

Joshua Stubbles

2008/2009 was far faaar worse for studios than the last 2 years have been. There have been a few large layoffs, but nowhere near as many studios have gone down. Granted, you can argue that there's not as many left TO fold. But there have been a lot of new studios sprouting up in their place (there's even a thread on it).

It's not all gloom and doom, it's just hard times. Everyone is having them. It just sucks when it's our friends, family, colleagues or selves. Things will get better though.

I hope nobody here was affect by this. Be sure to check out the Relic/Vigil thread for a list of 50+ studios currently hiring

Vio

Joshua Stubbles wrote: »

2008/2009 was far faaar worse for studios than the last 2 years have been. There have been a few large layoffs, but nowhere near as many studios have gone down. Granted, you can argue that there's not as many left TO fold. But there have been a lot of new studios sprouting up in their place (there's even a thread on it).

It's not all gloom and doom, it's just hard times. Everyone is having them. It just sucks when it's our friends, family, colleagues or selves. Things will get better though.

I hope nobody here was affect by this. Be sure to check out the Relic/Vigil thread for a list of 50+ studios currently hiring

Well it would be very disappointing if more studios don't pop up in the UK now given the new tax breaks. This Chancellor will revoke it if say it doesn't pay off for the economy, just like with the stamp duty holiday.

nick2730

i dont even know if i want to get in anymore lol

ikken

so what did sega of america exactly develop in the past 5 years or so?
feel sincerely sorry for people laid off, but I can't really care about sega at all these days.
companies go, companies come, economy cycles aren't stopping.

conte

I hope all those people will find a job soon!
Although i am with Joshua, we should stay positive to be constructive.

biofrost

They might not have developed anything but they handle all qa and translating. So unless things get better no Yakuza 5 or PSO2, both of which never were announced for America or Europe. I hope everyone effected lands somewhere else.