The Marvel Rivals team just got hit with layoffs despite its massive success

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Marvel Rivals developers are being laid off, despite the free-to-play title's tremendous success since launching last year.

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What is going on is that the US team was paid in dollars and the China team in yuan. Which is just a bit better than monopoly money while the dollar is getting stronger by the day so in effect salaries go up.

Having squeezed all the creativity out of the US crew, they cut them loose "for operational efficiency"; aka, cost cutting.
The game is free to play so there is no guarantee that whoever is playing is spending much or paying in hard currency.

Currency exchange rates matter in global trade. Note how Sony raised PS5 pricrs in 2022 everywhere but the US.

Gaming isn't a game to publishers.
It is hard knuckle business.