Palia studio Singularity 6 confirms 36 workers have been laid off
Palia studio Singularity 6 confirms 36 workers have been laid off
The latest layoffs come mere weeks after the studio eliminated nearly 50 roles.
Shame. The game looked great. But the beta state and bugs kept me from committing.
Not certain how the company plans to fix all of that with a smaller staff.
I was concerned about this business model from the onset and my worries have proven accurate! Buying the game while in early access would've given them more funding to work with instead of going with a free to play with cosmetic only purchases. I hope the affected developers are going to be okay in this layoff heavy year. 😭
Cosmetics are expensive too. I'm afraid a majority of players won't pay those prices. If they offered some lower priced items they might have more consistent income.
That's what I thought too...In addition, needing to buy a fake currency with real money before being able to buy a skin pack has a dark pattern vibe to it! They would've been better off making the skin packs cheaper (using real world money) and listing their game for a reasonable price during early access. However, their staff is paying the price for the leader's poor decision and that honestly sucks!