Someone posted this on a dev only message board...
NC Soft (US) just had a big layoff today:
80% of GM's
90% of tech support
75% of QA
Numerous other staff, from producers to marketing/pr.
They are blaming the declining subscriber numbers for City of Heroes/COV which has slowly dropped to just over 100k total. Also to blame has been the disaster that is Auto Assault, which has yet to climb over 10k total subscribers since its launch in the third week in April.
Tabula Rasa continues to suck massive amounts of cash, yet still has no release date in sight.
... thus confirming some rumors that had been sent to me. That is all.
Ninja Edit: I feel the NEED to point out that WoW's success was not to blame, though it's very obvious that much of the pain felt is probably a direct result of Blizzard's success. Also, it's fairly arguable that NCSoft has not yet had a runaway hit in America and (obviously?) could use one right now.
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NC Soft (US) just had a big layoff today:
80% of GM's
90% of tech support
75% of QA
Numerous other staff, from producers to marketing/pr.
They are blaming the declining subscriber numbers for City of Heroes/COV which has slowly dropped to just over 100k total. Also to blame has been the disaster that is Auto Assault, which has yet to climb over 10k total subscribers since its launch in the third week in April.
Tabula Rasa continues to suck massive amounts of cash, yet still has no release date in sight.
... thus confirming some rumors that had been sent to me. That is all.
Ninja Edit: I feel the NEED to point out that WoW's success was not to blame, though it's very obvious that much of the pain felt is probably a direct result of Blizzard's success. Also, it's fairly arguable that NCSoft has not yet had a runaway hit in America and (obviously?) could use one right now.
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