MechWarrior 5: Clans Announced

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

If it was just an update on Steam but not console, I'm guessing it was a patch to fix PC-specific issues.

[Cyc]

Things not sounding well for PGI, hard to tell if expectations for Clans performance were unrealistic but losing a sizable chunk of staff is a worry for the future: https://www.enadglobal7.com/press-releases/eg7-undertakes-business-optimization-at-one-of-its-studios/

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Unfortunately, game companies have hit on the idea that layoffs are just a great way to boost profits on the quarterly balance sheet, no matter that future projects inevitably suffer from the loss of institutional knowledge and lowered moral this causes.  It likely didn't matter how MW5 Clans actually performed.

[ColBosch]

Yea, look at how Enad phrased it right in the URL: "business optimization." It's just more of the horrific wave of layoffs seen at video game studios as their venture capital owners push for bigger returns each quarter.

[Wrangler]

Watch Words "venture capital",  great way of killing your business efforts if there mild sign of trouble.

[Sapphirus]

what a shame.  *sigh*  So much for hoping that PGI would support the so called "Switch 2" (which is not yet officially revealed; but that's a different topic for another time)

I hope new DLCs would keep Mechwarrior afloat.  If they do Wolf, Jade Falcon and Ghost Bear DLCs, they'll probably make them preludes to 31st Century Combat and (in Ghost Bear's case), Ghost Bear's Legacy, as in years before those events.

EDIT: Also, I hope that the Mechwarrior series doesn't die off.  I wonder if PGI would pass the torch to a different developer (and/or Microsoft) (if PGI is in serious financial trouble)... just a thought.  I'm worried about PGI as well.

[Sapphirus]

Also, the Digital Collector's Soundtrack are now in MP3 format, if you have it on Steam or Epic
https://www.mwomercs.com/news/2025/01/2947-mw5-clans-digital-collectors-soundtrack