Aug 2, 2026 · 2 hr 45 min · 11 segments
This week, Lotus, Niki, and John discuss Xbox's 7% revenue decrease year over year, Tencent's alleged *"Grand Theft Auto killer"* *Last Sentinel* facing major problems, and impressions of one of…
Niki GraysonHostWell, you know, it's only the runway to release a game, not to be sustainable.
Like, what do you mean? Like, what do you mean the runway for the next game is that they had to lay off 23 fucking people? It could have been a short runway.
Pontoons.
um so yeah this was not super unexpected but still a bummer um for this team it's a small team
yeah yeah 23 seems like a lot i guess i don't a lot for the small i guess i didn't realize how many people had were working at double fine these days
i think they're around or we're around a hundred yeah
of more or less
this is totally off the dome, but I think they were at most around 60 before.
And even that might be a little high.
Well, you know, it's only the runway to release a game, not to be sustainable.
Like, what do you mean? Like, what do you mean the runway for the next game is that they had to lay off 23 fucking people? It could have been a short runway.
Pontoons.
um so yeah this was not super unexpected but still a bummer um for this team it's a small team
yeah yeah 23 seems like a lot i guess i don't a lot for the small i guess i didn't realize how many people had were working at double fine these days
i think they're around or we're around a hundred yeah
of more or less
this is totally off the dome, but I think they were at most around 60 before.
And even that might be a little high.
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