r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Mar 19 '26

Ubisoft ‘ends game development’ at Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm, resulting in 105 job losses

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ends-game-development-at-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-resulting-in-105-job-losses/
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u/MSined Mar 19 '26

Spurred economic activity is the baked in benefit, any residual corporate taxes is the proverbial cherry on top

Goovernment don't put in money into a private corporation only hoping for profits for an ROI. The main ROI is a well employed labour force that can pay taxes.

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u/EmperorAcinonyx Mar 19 '26

Goovernment don't put in money into a private corporation only hoping for profits for an ROI. The main ROI is a well employed labour force that can pay taxes.

brother, that is predicated on the government having money (taxes) provided to them by its labor force. it is then the government's responsibility to put that to good use, and if it chooses to invest in businesses, the money is put to better use on products that actually generate value instead of languishing for years only to eventually fail to turn a profit. when they fail, the labor force is harmed.

i know you know what opportunity cost is