Motorsport Games (MSG) does not get much love in the industry. Context:
Deservedly so? That depends.
Either way, I only hope that Studio 397 (rFactor2) gets salvaged from this trainwreck somwhoe and that Traxion reemerges from the ashes – those fellas were Good. The Australian crew that made KartKraft seems to have been axed already. Other than those, I really don't care about MSG so can't say I'm sad that a bad company, either out of incompetence or malice, gets smacked around.
Also interesting as it sheds a light on how a licensor and licensee business relationship pans out:
Be nice if Codies picked up the BTCC license.. Another TOCA game would be awesome
Related, but not related but the amount of layoffs from game developers is frankly quite depressing. After the pandemic, the industry seemed to be bullet proof but mass redundancies everywhere at the moment is awful to see. Could we see redundancies at Codemasters? EA have been shifting personnel around and F1 23 hasn't been well received in terms of feedback and maybe even in sales targets.
@TotosHeadphones @mariohomoh has all the sales information. He sent it to me earlier but went all over my head…. You’ll love it 😂
@TotosHeadphonesCodemasters? We can take a peek here and there in platforms like Glassdoor, but my hunch is that it's another Theseus's ship.
Regarding the wide industry, we saw a spike in activity in the COVID times and I guess a good chunk of that lazy money decided to flow down that pipe. And it is not like it became a bubble, but once the market resettled all those stakeholders are following suit.
Edit: haha here's what our @ScarDuck14 @ here is hinting at 😂
The SEC filing is also noteworthy if you can Ctrl + F your way down it.
