simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoUntil Dawn devs Supermassive announce layoffs, with 150 jobs reportedly at riskwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoPublic companies don’t take private investment without issuing new shares. Which is not a common thing. If you think publicly traded companies are taking investment like privately traded companies then I think you are likely somewhat uninformed.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWhat I said was that the developer may have other investors in the studio or the project even if they have a publisher. Immortals of Aveum, for instance, was published by EA but largely funded by venture capital.
Public companies don’t take private investment without issuing new shares. Which is not a common thing.
If you think publicly traded companies are taking investment like privately traded companies then I think you are likely somewhat uninformed.
What I said was that the developer may have other investors in the studio or the project even if they have a publisher. Immortals of Aveum, for instance, was published by EA but largely funded by venture capital.