NBA 2K11 Developer Visual Concepts Lays Off 30 Employees

[RayDog253]

Wow, that's sad to hear. I wonder if this had anything to do with MJ. I always heard he was too expensive to be in games these days, but 2k made it happen.....

Nah, he couldn't of been that expensive.

[youvalss]

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30 people have lost their jobs. Unfortuantely, I can identify with that. Hope guys get back on track soon. Nobody likes to be jobless.

[EmmittSmithx22x]

Re: NBA 2K11 Developer Visual Concepts Lays Off 30 Employees

Interesting...But Hopefully, true to their word, it won't effect 2k11.

[RubenDouglas]

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That cant be good for attention to detail aspects.. Then again, the average Joe has been asked for photos of certain things by certain individuals to help aid in the development of the game over the past few years. So they've been short handed before with the asking of help by the fans. This blow will hurt them even more. If they needed help then, I can't imagine how much help they'd need now.

[dexvex]

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I believe you might be onto something here, though, I'm sure it's more complicated than that.

But, yes, video game companies will do this. Actually, lots of jobs do this. If the company hires extra people to get something done and that something is done then that company no longer needs those people.

Happens all the time in film and television. It's hard but I would think that most of the names expected that they would have to find new employment. Again, doesn't make it easy or ok, but makes it somewhat easier to know they should be all right.

yea alot of programmers are freelancers and I'm sure alot of them knew b4 hand what was happening. But yea no matter what the economic climate is you should expect this if you're looking for a job in the games industry......

[Valdarez]

Layoffs suck regardless of company. Completely demoralizing.

[blues rocker]

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this happens a lot in the game industry. companies hire people to work on a game, then when the game is done they lay them off because they don't need them anymore. seems strange that they'd lay off people now though, considering that 2k has been selling well.

[bigeastbumrush]

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Wonder if this is a result of the costs of adding MJ and NBA legends

It will always be about the bottom line in Corporate America. Don't get yourself fooled.

[Complex]

What percentage of the workforce does this represent? Also, are these developer or G&A staff?

[SHAKYR]

Michael Jordan killed their budget.

[star2121]

I hope it doesn't mess up 2k11 that would be crazy because alot of ppl is looking forward to dis game

[TracerBullet]

NHL 2K11 is released next week right? If so I'd guess that that staff took a big hit. Sucks to hear this.

[Complex]

Folks in an organization, headcount goes a longer way in a corporation than one time budget items like signing MJ.

WIth headcount, you have to figure salary, healthcare and fringe benefits. Even worse, these cost are incurred for the life of the employee (as long as he is employed there). I live these issues daily at work.

[TreyIM2]

While I hate to hear about layoffs, what's crazy to me is that I was JUST talking to one of my friends, early in the afternoon, about how 2KSports really only has NBA2K really to bank on, now. This is sad but at the same time, I really wonder how much bank rolling MJ had an affect on this situation. If it came down to all this for ONE man, that's terrible.

[apManila24]

I feel sorry for those workers. I hope they find work soon. I also hope this doesnt affect nba 2k11.