NetEase reward US-based developers of live service hit Marvel Rivals by sacrificing their jobs to efficiency
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Summary
Gaming company NetEase has begun lay-offs in the US, despite its successful release of Marvel Rivals.
An unspecified number of employees involved with the title have been dismissed.
NetEase has said that the decision to make redundancies is to do with “optimising development efficiency”, adding that it will be investing more in the game itself.
The average salary in China is considerably lower than in the US, which may have contributed to the decision to make cuts overseas.
Recently, other studios founded by former western developers have also seen cutbacks, such as Worlds Untold, and Jar of Sparks.
Many in the industry are attributing the cuts to a resetting of goals after overexpansion during the Covid pandemic, but others claim that it is simply a desire to maximise profits.
