NetEase CEO William Ding Restructures Company with Layoffs and Studio Closures Amid Profit Push

[Macrage]

Despite accruing $200M in revenue and 40M users since its December 2024 launch, Marvel Rivals faced internal turmoil. Ding initially resisted paying Disney for Marvel IPs, leading to a scrapped redesign effort that cost millions. NetEase denied this, citing a “close partnership” with Marvel since 2017. This week, part of the U.S. creative team was laid off, though development continues under a China-led core team.

Will it have the same trajectory as Overwatch?

[Trunksmad]

Don't forget the latest threat CEO to all. "Will layoff and shut down under performing Dev's. May even likely pull the plug on a whole project."

[Meow]

Goldmask původně napsal:

Searu původně napsal:

I’m just reflecting on how the country has been performing in gaming lately, and it’s all been about quality games coming out one after the other.

When they are allowed to create media that critiques their government, let me know. Until then, it's just Marvel branded Overwatch from a country of corralled sheep.

Don't need a Government exposé to play Marvel Rivals or Black Myth Wukong.

[Searu]

Goldmask původně napsal:

When they are allowed to create media that critiques their government, let me know. Until then, it's just Marvel branded Overwatch from a country of corralled sheep.

I don't really care about your issue with the Chinese government and how they handle their country, I care about video games and for the most part, I have not seen any politics on their video games, I am able to free my mind and just have fun playing a video game. Sure, they might censor stuff from time to time, but compared to the woke ideology here in the West it is very tame.

[Meow]

Searu původně napsal:

Goldmask původně napsal:

When they are allowed to create media that critiques their government, let me know. Until then, it's just Marvel branded Overwatch from a country of corralled sheep.

I don't really care about your issue with the Chinese government and how they handle their country, I care about video games and for the most part, I have not seen any politics on their video games, I am able to free my mind and just have fun playing a video game. Sure, they might censor stuff from time to time, but compared to the woke ideology here in the West it is very tame.

That's what these types of people don't get, like i'm sorry but no one is going to do 10 push ups/barfing everytime they accidentally misgender someone while playing Dragon Age.

[Steve]

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Goldmask původně napsal:

Lol, a country that wont even allow its citizens to view animated skeletons has people who "push the boundaries on creativity?"

I’m just reflecting on how the country has been performing in gaming lately, and it’s all been about quality games coming out one after the other.

For every Marvel Rivals or Wukong, there's about 100 instances of shovelware.

Ever hear the saying "a thousand monkeys on a thousand typewriters will one day write Shakespeare"? Same concept applies to a billion humans on a billion PCs.

Careful not to miss the forest on account of a couple glowed-up trees.

[Steve]

Searu původně napsal:

Goldmask původně napsal:

When they are allowed to create media that critiques their government, let me know. Until then, it's just Marvel branded Overwatch from a country of corralled sheep.

I don't really care about your issue with the Chinese government and how they handle their country, I care about video games and for the most part, I have not seen any politics on their video games, I am able to free my mind and just have fun playing a video game. Sure, they might censor stuff from time to time, but compared to the woke ideology here in the West it is very tame.

...wait, I thought you guys weren't supposed to be bothered by the stuff you saw. Isn't Wokedetector just a list of trigger warnings so people can maintain a safe space for themselves and avoid that content?

Sincerely confused here, because woke and anti-woke sound pretty similar anymore -- fringe groups loudly offended by content they really, REALLY don't want to see.

[Meow]

Compared to for every Dragon Age Veil guard there's a Concord, the East are hitting bangers.

[Steve]

IDK, take off the F2P filter and it starts to lean Western pretty hard. Without F2P, the East's current best offering is Monster Hunter Wilds -- which has an early review score of just 47%. Yikes.

[Meow]

A Meatpie and a lollipop are both food but yet are different. One is a Fringe Group backed by institutions like Blackrock the 'minorities / Modern Audience' the other are the Majority / General audience, And you may need to look closer then because there are so many eastern games & franchises that are doing amazingly well, some i have listed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwwN5kwjAtQ

[THAT Guy]

tdsmith5556 původně napsal:

No.

And I am glad they are getting rid of their employees from America.

If you want woke slop from California go play Overwatch.

They'll have you waiting 3 years on a content drop while the lazy af DEI work at homes devs do next to nothing.

Netease prolly fired those 6 guys from Seattle because they were demanding high dollar salaries to produce next to nothing and still whined about it.

That's what Overwatch devs did. Spent 4 or 5 years to make 2 PVE levels and then cried on twitter when the boss wanted them to return to office.

No thanks.

I'll take my Chinese devs who are capable of putting out 2 new heroes and 1 new map per season instead of just 1 every other season without making excuses.

You realize human exploitation and slave labor are the only reason they can achieve and maintain such a pace and still turn a profit..

So do you support denying people even the most basic of human rights? Or just ignorantly blind to reality

[Steve]

Meow původně napsal:

And you may need to look closer then because there are so many eastern games & franchises that are doing amazingly well, some i have listed.

SteamDB is what it is. Not surprised either, since half the top 10 gaming companies (by revenue) are based in the US, including the current champion (Sony Interactive Entertainment, HQ'd in beautiful San Mateo, CA).

[Meow]

Steve původně napsal:

Meow původně napsal:

And you may need to look closer then because there are so many eastern games & franchises that are doing amazingly well, some i have listed.

SteamDB is what it is. Not surprised either, since half the top 10 gaming companies (by revenue) are based in the US, including the current champion (Sony Interactive Entertainment, HQ'd in beautiful San Mateo, CA).

Sony is a Company that was founded in Japan, that only moved their HQ in 2016 to crapfornia. if they keep up with the flops those companies will be worth a lollipop too, just like how Ubisoft will be coming into China's arms.

[Steve]

It is what it is. Half the top 10 gaming companies in the world, according to revenue, are from the US, and all of them have increased their revenue over last YTD. Gotta be doing something right.

Top 10 game companies in the world combined to make $127.66bn last year. Of that, the American companies pulled in $71.26bn -- little over 55%.

Forget Western culture. It's American culture that dominates video games right now. XD

[Meow]

Companies Created by Geniuses and inherited by morons, keep the flops coming, it is what it is. But i love how now 'its fark yea murica capitalism numba 1'.

[Corvus Corone]

Searu původně napsal:

Can't really blame a Chinese company only wanting Chinese people working on their game.

They are so free from the woke mind virus, its why they are free to push the bounderias on creativity and are not afraid to offend anyone.

i wager you one steamed bun they are afraid to offend the all controlling CCP