sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoAfter laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones"www.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down12
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minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIronically EA is one of the companies that has more to lose from loss of institutional knowledge because they have an in-house engine. If you’re running Unreal Engine, you can always find devs, that’s why CD Projekt Red made (or is making) the switch for example.
minus-squareAChiTenshi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoEven with Unreal Engine studios will build custom systems and tools for it. So you still lose a bunch of knowledge.
Ironically EA is one of the companies that has more to lose from loss of institutional knowledge because they have an in-house engine.
If you’re running Unreal Engine, you can always find devs, that’s why CD Projekt Red made (or is making) the switch for example.
Even with Unreal Engine studios will build custom systems and tools for it. So you still lose a bunch of knowledge.