I remember them saying that they intend to pivot to purely Unreal Engine 5. I’m assuming they’re trying to shed developers who are experts in their in-house engine and will slowly start hiring UE experts. Mad easy to do so when young Polish talent are trampling over each other to get through the door to a job interview at CDPR.
CDPR is a publicly traded company with a clearly represented shareholder structure. A collective known as “Other” owns about 65% of the company’s shares. CDPR upper management have a fiduciary duty to this entity. This duty was honored when they decided to release early. They knew that the hype train was so intense that whatever they released, it would sell like icy lemonade in the Sahara. It’s not like they didn’t have access to Sony devkits and shit, they knew the performance was sub-optimal. They’re not dumb. They were just OK with temporary backlash that would eventually get amended with a successful anime, some patches and DLC.
Now on to actors. Actors, whether A or Z-list, work for a flat fee and maybe royalties if they got really really lucky. Once they have completed their performance, their end of the contract is complete. They get paid and that’s that. They just wait for royalties to be exercised (if they have them).
Having said so, the idea that Keanu’s agents hold any post-payment sway in comparison to the collective that owns literally more than 65% of the company is a bit silly. This is why you’re getting a little bit of backlash on what you have written. Especially in that you did not preface your original comment with “Hey, this is a theory, a game theory”.
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months ( www.eurogamer.net )
Staff at CD Projekt Red are uniting with others in the Polish video game industry to unionise. The union was formed aft…