BioWare Austin Cuts Workforce

[More Fun To Compute]

Screw TOR and screw StarWars, what Bioware should really do is be making BG3 or NWN3

They can't go back. Already Mass Effect 1 fans are the mainstream of the "old school" Bioware fanbase and are seen as people holding Bioware back by asking for boring nerdy games. Real hardcore gamers who stick around for a long time and have a memory longer than a PR hype campaign seem to be in the minority.

 

[Twyce]

Didn't they just delay Dragon Age 3 to move resources into Old Republic and now they are turning around and laying people off?

I heard this as well. *scratches head*

I don't understand why MMO's now days think they can steal the throne from WoW. It could be the best game EVER made and they would still have a hell of time. Still, a shame about those employees.

 

[PingoBlack]

I called it would happen in 6 months ... Guess I was way off.

It was expected, but this still came way sooner than I expected. So it is very unlikely they will invest into fixing what is wrong with the game, it is going maintenance mode like Vanguard.

 

[duchaked]

heard a group of my friends chatting about TOR like 1-2 months ago about how it was the "greatest single player MMO" they'd ever played

about the same time they stopped playing (think they went on to discuss League of Legends for an hour idk I was Minecrafting)

 

[Shavon513]

It's usual for some level of lay-off to occur after a launch like this, but it still bodes as more bad new for Bioware.

How the mighty have fallen

 

[LiquidGrape]

So it begins

It was apparently around 200 people being let go, that would almost entail a studio closure for others xD

https://twitter.com/georgeb3dr/status/205007250765520898

Rumors near 200ish in layoffs at Bioware Austin. Going past contractors. Good luck to all involved.

The amusement you seem to derive from people losing their jobs is frankly a bit repugnant.

Reservations one might have with EA aside, I don't see how these are good news for anyone.

 

[RatRace123]

That absolutely sucks for everyone who got laid off and I sincerely hope they find new jobs again soon.

That being said, this was absolutely something that EA and Bioware should've seen coming. The cost of SWTOR was pretty damn high, and even hotly anticipated MMOs can see a severe user drop after the first few months. Unless they got extremely lucky, something like this was bound to happen. They overreached and couldn't quite make it, and it's sad to see so many hardworking people lose their job over it.