MMORPG.com has word that Jeff Strain and David Reid, who run NCsoft, are no longer at NCsoft.
Looks like this isn’t a layoff but a management shakeup. Unfortunately this does mean that David Reid can’t inform the media how the departure of David Reid will have no effect on NCsoft.
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Massively gets me to mouth off about my last employer. Hopefully in a reasonably civil fashion (I don’t have anything against David Reid personally – we just have disagreements on market strategy!)
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Well, what do you know, the execs of NCsoft do apparently know how to make connecting flights.
“The Austin office has been the subject of some speculation which is erroneous,” [David] Reid told Edge in a Wednesday phone interview. “Austin continues to be a critically important space for NCsoft. The Tabula Rasa team is still there, along with customer service and QA.”
He continued, “We do expect this office to grow, particularly as we think about launching Aion next year and some efforts we have not announced on behalf of some of our other franchises.
“We really do believe that Austin is going to grow at a fairly dramatic pace over the next few years to support those products.”
That whiplash you may be feeling is from having to run to make that connection in Dallas.
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Why is NCsoft Austin moving to Seattle?
Although some of the restructuring is philosophical, with the company now focusing more intently on “AAA list” titles like Guild Wars and Lineage II, some of the motivation for the decision to move the publishing headquarters from Austin to Seattle was strictly practical.
“On the basic level, it is very difficult, and in fact now impossible, to get a nonstop flight from Austin to Seattle,” explained Reid.
…yeah. I think I’ll refrain from comment. And stuff.
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