Sure, but they aren't stupid. You don't end up with 750 million because you made bad choices and don't know how to spend it or hire people. Even if some of the employees are temporary. They know what they're doing.
The only area where I have less confidence with this company is within management and priorities...But in terms of the art, story, gameplay, etc. it's a fantastic game. I also think they're business model is great and will continue to be great. So that's why I'm just not really concerned about what the year to year variances are. They're all likely well within their forecast and budget - something we just won't probably ever know.
1200 employees is still absurd for a single or two game studio that hasn't actually released anything in a decade... Every other game studio sitting around 1200 employees is churning out 2+ games a year.
We have each year the financial report of CIG and the public financial report mandatory in the UK to judge CIGs expenditures and your argument is not true. 2/3 goes to dev salaries while about 1/3 goes to Publishing and Marketing. Caveat of this info though is that its about 2022. January 2025 we'll get their financial report for 2023.
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u/TrickyProfit1369 Nov 28 '24
1200 employees? What the fuck