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Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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I don't know if I have ever read a more generic, boilerplate quasi-condolence paragraph than this one: This isn’t a decision the leadership team came to quickly; it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for our future. We are proud of the work the teams have been doing, pushing into new areas with weekly content on Crown Channel, and finding more ways to help publishers reach new audiences with…

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Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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> “We’ve listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most" There is a lot to unpack in this statement. I for one don't really want monthly free shit clicker games.

No. We want New World to get more love, and be viable.

Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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I don't know if I have ever read a more generic, boilerplate quasi-condolence paragraph than this one: This isn’t a decision the leadership team came to quickly; it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for our future. We are proud of the work the teams have been doing, pushing into new areas with weekly content on Crown Channel, and finding more ways to help publishers reach new audiences with…

Very chat gtp

The robotic takeover has already begun; it's just more nuanced and less obvious at this stage.

Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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I don't know if I have ever read a more generic, boilerplate quasi-condolence paragraph than this one: This isn’t a decision the leadership team came to quickly; it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for our future. We are proud of the work the teams have been doing, pushing into new areas with weekly content on Crown Channel, and finding more ways to help publishers reach new audiences with…

That's not how you do it, this is:

"Failure is growth. Failure is learning. But sometimes failure is just failure. I think... I'm sorry. I didn't think it would be this hard. But goodbyes are always hard, especially when I am the one saying goodbye. Today, effective immediately, I, Gavin Belson, founder and CEO of Hooli, am forced to officially say goodbye to the entire Nucleus division. All Nucleus personnel will be given proper notice and terminated. But make no mistake. Though they're the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure."

Gavin Belson, CEO.

Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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> “We’ve listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most" There is a lot to unpack in this statement. I for one don't really want monthly free shit clicker games.

Gamers complain about a lot of stuff, but I don't know anyone complaining about a lack of quantity of video games. There are 70K games on Steam and 460K games on the app store alone.

Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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> “We’ve listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most" There is a lot to unpack in this statement. I for one don't really want monthly free shit clicker games.

No. We want New World to get more love, and be viable.

Definitely, it has so much promise as a foundation for even greater experiences.

Re: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees in Its Games Division

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I don't know if I have ever read a more generic, boilerplate quasi-condolence paragraph than this one: This isn’t a decision the leadership team came to quickly; it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for our future. We are proud of the work the teams have been doing, pushing into new areas with weekly content on Crown Channel, and finding more ways to help publishers reach new audiences with…

Do you think that's what the team got? This is just PR babble.
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