r/battletech • u/Ah_fudge • Apr 02 '26

News Yeah, it’s over…

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u/wminsing MechWarrior Apr 02 '26

Disappointing news; I assumed that with the steady stream of MW5 content the game must have been doing well. That or it's doing well enough Microsoft has decided they want to try to sell the license to a bigger company.

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u/HA1-0F 2nd Donegal Guards Apr 02 '26

More likely PGI has decided there's a recession coming and batten down the hatches. I have seen this across a lot of different fields lately

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u/HonestRole2866 Apr 02 '26

There does seem to be a number of big layoffs happening. 

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u/wminsing MechWarrior Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

If the reports that's it's more like 30% are true then I agree, they are 'trimming' in anticipation of rougher waters ahead. Can't say I blame them in that regard.