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In an FAQ on the union’s website, it’s explained that discussions of a union began after the layoffs at CD Projekt, which amounted to roughly 100 people. “This event created a tremendous amount of stress and insecurity, affecting our mental health and leading to the creation of this union in response,” reads the FAQ. "Having a union means having more security, transparency, better protection, and a stronger voice in times of crisis.

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    1 year ago

    keep in mind, CDPR isn’t just a game studio, they own GOG, so not releasing a game doesn’t necessarily get then at 0 income. Although not as big as valve of course, thats like saying valve would be broke if it didn’t release games (and it rarely releases games nowadays)

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      1 year ago

      eh no. it’s not like saying that at all, as you point out yourself, they are very different in terms of scale.

      However we do have actual data here, because CDPR is publicly traded and produces financial reports. according to their Q1 financial report, gog had a net profit of around 56k euros. this is after it’s big comeback from being “unprofitable” in 2021, where they basically moved everyone out of gog and onto other projects or laid them off.

      So we are talking about a situation where CDPR would have to lay off everyone aside from the few gog employees that are left, and exist as a shell company that just pays the hosting bills.

      this is not “like saying valve would be broke if it didn’t release games” as valves primary source of income, is not making and selling games, it’s getting 30% of 99% of game sales on the pc platform via steam.

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        1 year ago

        I really want to buy from Gog but

        1. Their games often don’t work as well in multiplayer, at least not with steam users where the majority of my friends have their games. Along with this, it’s a pain getting steam workshop mods working
        2. Their bundles kinda suck without sites like Fanatical or Humble offering gog codes

        That said, I do buy from them when it’s an older game like heroes of might and magic (goes back to the site’s roots as Good Old Games I guess). Or when it’s a single player experience without a lot of mod support, like Jrpgs

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        1 year ago

        Its a scale, but they wouldnt make 0, which was the point. Its not solely a game dev studio.

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          1 year ago

          Until last year, they would have made negative money. Now they make effectively nothing.

          If that’s the point you want to make, then it’s a pointless point.

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      1 year ago

      GOG is barely profitable, though, and that was back when CDPR was the golden child of the games industry. I don’t think it counts as much of a revenue stream for the company.