Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28401107-20190117111544/@comment-27798333-20190223193140

Amrosa wrote: RR4 would have also allowed them to reset the in game economy, and possibly move away from a freemium to a subscription model. Again purely speculative on my part.

Having survived many layoffs, it will be business as usual come Monday morning, except that you will be expected to do more with much less. Key people remain in place on the RR3 team, and while times like these are always difficult, they are going to keep moving forward.

MoisesGabby's comments have been spot on. A lot of what to us are future releases are already done. Licensing agreements have been signed and paid for, so it doesn't make much sense not to capitalize those investments by shuttering operations completely.

Another thing you will have to take into account is that a vast majority of the players of the game will have no idea that this has even occurred.... they are busy buying IAPs, playing ads, and trying to get their cars.

Also. At the end of the day, the developers that remain on the team are people, just like us. The people that got laid off have been their friends for years. They built something together and some of the people that have devoted a decade of their lives to this project won't be coming into work Monday morning. They are hurting. Maybe if we can all remember that human aspect and refrain from some of the negative comments about them that get thrown around here all too often that are without merit, it might be a kind thing to do. They read these forums. Try to say what you would hope someone would say to you if you were in their position right now. I don't think anyone is directing negative comments at the employees of FM. At least in this context, the negativity is directed (whether specifically stated, or not) at management of EA. On a whole, the only negativity I've seen directed a a person, was a few nemes (probably fake) of some tech support people. But in those instances, it was well deserved.