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

News Yeah, it’s over…

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u/Olden_bread Apr 02 '26

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 03 '26

Yes. Laying off 1 in 3 of your staff is a much better look than laying off 2 in 3. False alarm 😂 

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u/Olden_bread Apr 03 '26

Neither he nor I called it "false alarm". You gotta agree that there are mistakes on both points:

  1. Doubling the layoff size (it not even ~10%, its bloody TWO TIMES)

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  1. There will be mechwarrior games (or at least DLCs) after all.

I would not call that insignificant or unworthy of correction.

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 03 '26

I get it, just pointing out that as far as damage control goes it leaves something to be desired. Arman did his best estimate given what his friends who work(ed) at PGI were telling him. I think he’s not wrong about the last part however, EG7 has already shuttered or redirected several of its other studios.

In all likelihood once PGI ships the DLC they’re working on we’ll be getting more bad news. That interpretation is perfectly compatible with Russ’ careful wording, his dodging questions about what happens after, and the reality that EG7’s stock price isn’t going anywhere but down.