I mean, yea? Income less operating expenses is profit, so if you can lower operating costs, without compromising the service, your bar to profitability is by definition lower. This is why it is called “right sizing”.
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“I want to be clear that we still have more than enough resources,” said Clancy. "We are still a reasonably sized organisation. We’re still going to be able to service your needs. We’re still going to be able to improve the product.
My understanding is they tried to break into Korea and absolutely failed when local telecoms jacked up rates to “discourage” competition, and Korea is just corrupt enough to let it slide. I’m guessing there were ideas for other expansion opportunities as well, but with gaming being less popular after COVID lockdowns and investment money drying up, they need to shut down those riskier growth opportunities.
Last year’s layoffs were largely around the Korea expansion, and this year is probably similar. I’m guessing they were working on some projects and didn’t see the return they were hoping for, hence the pullback.
I mean, yea? Income less operating expenses is profit, so if you can lower operating costs, without compromising the service, your bar to profitability is by definition lower. This is why it is called “right sizing”.
Fta:
My understanding is they tried to break into Korea and absolutely failed when local telecoms jacked up rates to “discourage” competition, and Korea is just corrupt enough to let it slide. I’m guessing there were ideas for other expansion opportunities as well, but with gaming being less popular after COVID lockdowns and investment money drying up, they need to shut down those riskier growth opportunities.
Last year’s layoffs were largely around the Korea expansion, and this year is probably similar. I’m guessing they were working on some projects and didn’t see the return they were hoping for, hence the pullback.