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Daybreak Games Dec. 2018 Layoffs
Dec 10th, 2018 at 2:32pm
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/7/18131459/daybreak-game-company-layoffs-san-die...

This is somewhat interesting given the timing of SSG putting a season pass up for sale for the first time ever.

Wonder how the difficulties at Daybreak will affect SSG?
  
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Re: Daybreak Games Dec. 2018 Layoffs
Reply #1 - Dec 10th, 2018 at 2:41pm
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Reply #2 - Dec 10th, 2018 at 4:16pm
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It shouldn't effect them much given Daybroke is only their publisher.

I'm sure there are plenty of folks both in the industry and outside of it that'd hope Daybroke would go ahead and go tits up so the IPs could get into better hands. For all of Sony's faults, they weren't nearly as bad as Daybroke.
  
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Reply #3 - Dec 10th, 2018 at 5:15pm
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Edrein wrote on Dec 10th, 2018 at 4:16pm:
shouldn't effect them much given Daybroke is only their publisher.

We don't know, they do not have to divulge such information publicly. Sev has a quote somewhere saying how his "direct boss" was a daybreak guy. I don't have enough information to even speculate, but I feel like using the term direct boss for a publisher relationship kind of hints at them being owned and not just financed

There is this article from the mobo thread someone had linked there : https://massivelyop.com/2018/04/30/the-daily-grind-do-you-buy-the-daybreak-owns-
standing-stone-games-rumor/

The article shows a connection between SSG director being a Daybreak VP. Daybreak is also rumored of being a Russian money laundering front.
  

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Reply #4 - Dec 10th, 2018 at 5:34pm
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Edrein wrote on Dec 10th, 2018 at 4:16pm:
Daybroke would go ahead and go tits up so the IPs could get into better hands.



If they do, you just know it will be EA
  

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Reply #5 - Dec 10th, 2018 at 7:14pm
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Rubbinns wrote on Dec 10th, 2018 at 5:15pm:
The article shows a connection between SSG director being a Daybreak VP. Daybreak is also rumored of being a Russian money laundering front.


Well, at least that would keep them in business for awhile, huh???
  
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Re: Daybreak Games Dec. 2018 Layoffs
Reply #6 - Dec 10th, 2018 at 8:31pm
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I think there's more behind the scenes than just a company releasing a new product for suckers to buy.

Why now, would they release this "Seasons Pass"? DDO being at this lowest player base since 2008. Releasing this in 2016 alone would have been more profitable. Seems like an act of desperation. The release of the "Legendary Servers" in LOTRO is also questionable considering how half-assed it was.
  

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Re: Daybreak Games Dec. 2018 Layoffs
Reply #7 - Dec 11th, 2018 at 3:33am
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Who Cares wrote on Dec 10th, 2018 at 5:34pm:
If they do, you just know it will be EA


Nah, the IPs Daybroke hold are too used for EA's tastes. They'll let one of the asian groups take over.
  
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Reply #8 - Dec 11th, 2018 at 9:54am
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End of quarter, trying to drive higher numbers/raise cash to pay employees.

Small Game dev studios (unless you are Blizzard, Valve, Bethesda or EA, etcs) are usually managed/run by people who don't have any business acumen.  So they are very unstable places to work.

I'm actually surprised DDO has last this long since being "purchased" from Turbine.
  
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Reply #9 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 8:53am
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I read the Glassdoor reviews of DBG and thought, thats a perfect fit for SSG
  
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Reply #10 - Dec 13th, 2018 at 1:11am
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Rubbinns wrote on Dec 10th, 2018 at 5:15pm:
The article shows a connection between SSG director being a Daybreak VP. Daybreak is also rumored of being a Russian money laundering front.

S_O_B wrote on Dec 10th, 2018 at 7:14pm:
Well, at least that would keep them in business for awhile, huh???

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