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[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To me, the real story is that a merger has led to less competition in the gaming industry. Imagine if two major car manufacturers merged and then products started to get cancelled.

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

That's just how mafia works

[–] moody@lemmings.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Surely this has nothing to do with 1900 people being laid off. Surely.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The dismissals likely make the condition of the game more believable for a tax write-off

[–] Euphorazine@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Labor is an expense, so technically it's a tax write-off because it's an expense. Cancelling the development didn't make a new event to write off.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

So it was cancelled because Fortnite’s engine cant support 100 players concurrently