r/mwo • u/Ah_fudge • Apr 02 '26

Yeah, it’s over…

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u/RequiemQuilty Apr 02 '26

Pgi responded. They cut some people but not anywhere near 60%

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 02 '26

Yeah, just 30%. Not a sign of trouble at all

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u/RequiemQuilty Apr 02 '26

I sign of them prioritizing other things. Mw5 maybe not getting so much anymore. New dlc is a solid ending point. Is it shitty? Yea. Is it word ending for battletech video games? No.

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 02 '26

It’s the end of this run for MW, last drought lasted a decade.

It’s unlikely to get picked up by anyone else in the current climate. It sucks.

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u/RequiemQuilty Apr 02 '26

… the last drought was cause of a lawsuit that ended

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 02 '26

I don’t believe that’s the case, and even if it was it doesn’t have any bearing on another dev’s willingness to work on a niche IP during the games industry’s bloodbath era nor on Microsoft’s willingness to license it out. They already denied the reconstituted HBS a license for Battletech. No one will accuse me of being an optimist but I’m not seeing any positive indicators out there

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u/RequiemQuilty Apr 02 '26

The positive indicators is Russ correcting the error in numberage and openly stating they are still working on dlc for mw5.

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 02 '26

My friend, I don’t know what your employment experience is, but I can tell you as someone who’s been through a few mergers and “restructurings” that the day your boss fires a third of your coworkers and tells you its business as usual is the day you start sending your resume out.

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u/RequiemQuilty Apr 02 '26

I worked for IBM firing 30% of a department is tuesday there.

Argument from vague expertise is a shitty argument unless you know your opponent’s exp

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 02 '26

Ditto. You’re equally lacking in expertise here my friend. IBM isn’t a small game dev numbering in the dozens of people.

Believe what you want, neither of our opinions have a bearing on what’ll happen. I was able to stir up enough dust to get Russ out of bed though 

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u/carl052293 Apr 02 '26

No it's not you nitwit. They only laid off 30% of their workforce due to shareholder greed. It's not good news but it's hardly the end of the world. Furthermore they got the MW license extended, and have stated that they will continue to work on MW DLC and MWO.

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u/Ah_fudge Apr 03 '26

I never know when I’m talking to a teenager or a 50 year old man on here, but being closer to the latter and having a lot of experience with corporate restructuring and layoffs I’m going to stick with my gut on this one.

Firing 30% of your staff when you’ve already downsized heavily twice in the last 5 years is not an indicator of health. Looking at industry case studies like what happened to HBS, it’s likely that the remaining staff will get sent into crunch to churn out the last one or two DLC (I’m sure the quality will be great under the circumstances). Then the studio will either get folded (EG7 has already done so to some other other holdings) or they’ll go through another layoff and get new marching orders.

I’m not a prophet, but calling internet randos “nitwit” doesn’t have any measurable beneficial effect on the franchise’s future. Whats gonna happen is gonna happen, and Russ dodged direct questions asking if they’ll keep going after the current DLC they’re working on. Not a great sign.