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Looks like it's actually the workers who bring value, and not the owner.
Funny how that works.
Really not a great example for that.
This is the equivalent of a salesperson leaving the company because their branch was getting made redundant. And the parent company said that all former customers will know who to send emails to imminently (basically the other branch). So basically Michael Scott made a big deal about leaving and everyone was immediately told to just email Jim and Dwight instead.
Time will tell what happens to The 25 People Formerly Known As API. But considering that publishing inherently requires a large source of cash...
If this team reformed under a new brand they would have the proven track record and clout in the industry to score a lot of funding money - assuming they didn't just want to self-fund on loan (and a bank would likely be pretty receptive to that).
All the value (outside of the IP held by the company) is in the people that resigned. This is an excellent move and I hope more employees feel empowered to make moves like this to ensure an equitable share in decision making and revenue distribution.
This. It's the creativity, inspiration, imagination and hard work of the employees that give the company its value, NOT the owners. Proof: all the franchises that have failed spectacularly once all the smart, creative people have left the company and the only ones left are untalented hacks.
Also, it is LONG past time we got over our child-like worship of billionaires.
It’s the publishing company, not the game devs or writers. They are not the creative ones, just some MBA stooges.