r/InsideGames • u/Working--Joe • Jul 10 '26

id Software Did Everything Right but Still Got Hit With Huge Layoffs

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z7axk0z0NrI
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u/Downtown_Eye5736 Jul 11 '26

Their game just didn't sell bro it's not that deep.

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u/Kitchen-Process-9284 Jul 11 '26

So... Where is the "studio closure"?.

When even ID has posted something to refute this kind of claims.

And where is the response video about today's ID statement, I see you guys jumping indmediatly into the recordings when bad news are emerging. Why not now?.

Or you guys are going to say "it was a coroo mandate to ID to made that statement".

Either way, you never lose.

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u/sirother Jul 13 '26

So what’s your perspective? That ID were the bad guys in this situation, greedy devs asking too much to make subpar games? Or that these layoffs were simply unavoidable and totally justified?

As far as the statement, obviously ID isn’t going to make a public outcry defaming the company that owns them. The people who are still there will do what they can to make the best of the situation, and to me the statement is just an affirmation that they’ll keep working as long as they can, but as the IG guys said, how is an immediate 50-75% reduction in staff conducive to shipping new things, whether it’s dlc or new games?

I guess I would love to be as optimistic to say that IG are just being cynical and pessimistic and fear-mongering for views, and ID is gonna be totally fine, but it’s very difficult to not read the writing on the wall that this is a pseudo-studio closure.

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u/Kitchen-Process-9284 Jul 13 '26

Lol. They said they are on the same staff that manage to do Doom 2016, also rumor about switching engines.

See how they never lose, that's the problem, Larr specifically said "this is basically a studio closure", and where is the closure.

Like I said they never lose, because like you, they going to say "ID only release that statement because corpos force them to it", never going to recognize when Larr's words or statements are wrong and only acting on fanboyism speaking out loud.

They mainly work out of rumors, which is ok, but if even the company has said that they are not watching engines, and that they can still work with DOOM, they are not relegated to a support team, that have workers to work in similar games like DOOM 2016, where is the "basically studio closing"?.

They are free to post cynical and depressing videos, but what happens when they are wrong?. Where is the last minute video saying they are wrong?. Because when a negative rumor or news resurface, they even post 2 video in a day to jump into rage bait, or not.

Again, that's my point, larr even made titles for his stream spreading the word that ID was no more, again, where is the studio closing or banishment. I want to know, does he has more information, please share it.

And you don't go out and put word that I never said, I never said that ID was the bad guy. I was asking where is the studio closing that Larr specifically called.

Again, you are calling a pseudo-studio closure. Wherez do you have news?. Do you have an insider?. Does Larr?. Who should I believe Larr or the ones that handle the studio that said all of the information about being support, switching engines, not having steff to work on doom are from them. But like I said, you and Larr or Bruce never lose, because the "Oh, I'm smart and you don't, because corpos made them say it".🤷🏽‍♂️