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minus-squaredodos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoAccording to their careers page, they have about 60 employees. And, knowing japanese game dev salaries, a lot of those devs (excluding senior devs) probably make around 30-50k a year depending on seniority unless it’s a unicorn company.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoYeah…that changes the numbers. More like 10-20 years to do just about anything. Somehow the urgency just drains right out of this for me.
minus-squareSpacetimeMachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIirc they started paying their devs waaaay more after the game sold a ton.
According to their careers page, they have about 60 employees. And, knowing japanese game dev salaries, a lot of those devs (excluding senior devs) probably make around 30-50k a year depending on seniority unless it’s a unicorn company.
Yeah…that changes the numbers. More like 10-20 years to do just about anything.
Somehow the urgency just drains right out of this for me.
Iirc they started paying their devs waaaay more after the game sold a ton.