Originally posted by jimdandy26

I am neither attacking the game nor crying doom. I was actually being facetious more than anything. Look at this thread started just an hour ago http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=66249 where the fanboys are already starting in with "its a good thing" and "this is what they told us months ago". Which is super funny, because these were the same guys telling us months before that nothing like this will ever happen, Funcom is doing great, the game is profitable blah blah blah. Look at the players still asking for stuff, especially extremely expensive stuff, while Funcom is laying people off and closing up shop. Its amusing and sad.

There has been speculation in several circles for quite a while that either EA or NCsoft were going to purchase Funcom all out, Dreamworld alone should be worth a chunk, but considering just how far in debt they are with thier loans I'm guessing they shopped around and couldn't get what they think they are worth and as such are now trying to get even enough to make it work.

QFT

Originally posted by huskie77
This was a smart business move on their part.  There are many incentives for companies to create jobs in the US right now, particularly in the south. The increased costs of healthcare is outweighed by the tax benefit, doubly so if these artist positions are contractors and not full-time employees.

...except no jobs will be created. 

"Funcom's Raleigh, North Carolina-based outfit will now be in charge of producing and delivering visual assets for any upcoming updates to The Secret World, as well as updates for Age of Conanand Anarchy Online.

However, Funcom says that there has been a staff reduction at its Raleigh studio in certain departments, as part of this restructuring."

more work on the shoulders of whoever's left(for now) so even less QA than the previous update.

http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/game_director_letter_january_2013

Good News is like a good sex!

Originally posted by Oldbugss
Hey cool, some news about jobs coming to the US instead of being shifted overseas.

Funcom is a Norwegian company (from Oslo) so coming to the US is still overseas :p

Originally posted by rawfox

 

If you ask me, they made a lot of bullshit since they decide to be a corporation some years ago, 5 or so.

Now they gonna rewert their bullshit in a corporate way and call it "restructuring".

Yeah, what are they going to say next?  Their "investors" have a say in "how they run their company"?  That their "finances" need to be "looked at"?  The nerve.

So basically, jobs that were previously outsourced to China will now be handled primarily by American artists and animators.

Yeah, not seeing the bad thing here.

Originally posted by gaeanprayer

So basically, jobs that were previously outsourced to China will now be handled primarily by American artists and animators.

 

Yeah, not seeing the bad thing here.

So American workers, who all ready had there hands full are now being told they have even more work to do,  but its not a bad thing?

In before "Funcom is doing great, TSW is a huge success, AoC has had 400% player gain since F2P"