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[Beer Baelly]

According to sources

343 Industries - 750
World's Edge - 40
The Coalition - 200
Compulsion Games - 80
Double Fine - 80
Xbox Game Studios Publishing - 150
The Initiative - 50
inXile - 120
Mojang - 600
Ninja Theory - 130
Obsidian - 300
Playground Games - 380
Rareware - 300
Turn10 - 200
Undead Labs - 130
Bethesda Softworks - 1100

Spoiler

Activision Blizzard - 10000

 

[skyfall]

Never heard of any of those studios.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

343 has too many people. They can split into two studios.

 

[feynoob]

Is this a new contest?

First PS and now this?

4610 xbox devs vs 10k Activision.

 

[adamsapple]

Both Sony and MS are acquiring studios which have way more employees than their current studios.

Interesting.

 

[feynoob]

Both Sony and MS are acquiring studios which have way more employees than their current studios.

Interesting.

Don't look at ubisoft, take 2 and EA numbers.

 

[tmlDan]

Both Sony and MS are acquiring studios which have way more employees than their current studios.

Interesting.

Is MS also trying to expand and increase their studio sizes to work on multiple projects?

Not sure I've seen news on that.

 

[legacy24]

and no games

 

[SSfox]

343 Industries - 750

WHAT??!!!

I though they were 19 people.

 

[In Cold Blood]

I mean, you forgot Arkane, Id, etc

 

[MrA]

WHAT??!!!

I though they were 19 people.

No, thats just their output speed

 

[adamsapple]

I mean, you forgot Arkane, Id, etc

Included within Bethesda

 

[GymWolf]

343 has too many people. They can split into two studios.

After seeing their last 2 games i would say the opposite, imagine the results if they split in 2 teams...

 

[TheDreadLord]

Based on their output alone, I’d have said that 343 had like 20 people working for it.

 

[Kvally]

and no games

 

[Phil_the_goat]

Never heard of any of those studios.

Gaf was supposed to be a forum for hardcore gamers. Who let casuals in?

 

[Bernkastel]

I am sorry OP, but we Green Rats strive for accuracy in our reports.

343 Industries - 750

I couldn't find this anywhere. They should be around 500+ according to LinkedIn.

Bethesda Softworks - 1100

Too low.
Bethesda - ~500
Zenimax Online - ~500
That alone puts them in 1000+
id Software - ~200
Arkane - ~200
MachineGames - ~150
Tango Gameworks - <100
Roundhouse Studios - ?
And with all the support and localizing staff in the publishing division, it would be around 2000.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Go DoubleFine! Love you guys!

 

[DevilHunterX0]

I am sorry OP, but we Green Rats strive for accuracy in our reports.
I couldn't find this anywhere. They should be around 500+ according to LinkedIn.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

After seeing their last 2 games i would say the opposite, imagine the results if they split in 2 teams...

343 issue is management. Not the size of the team. They put out a great game that we can see the direct impact of poor management since they missed literally every deadline.

 

[Bernkastel]

343 issue is management. Not the size of the team. They put out a great game that we can see the direct impact of poor management since they missed literally every deadline.

The issue is lack of content. This game should not have been released in 2021. Imagine if Forge was available at launch?

 

[GymWolf]

343 issue is management. Not the size of the team. They put out a great game that we can see the direct impact of poor management since they missed literally every deadline.

Manpower is supremely important tho.

Infinite absolutely felt like it was an incomplete game, from the subpar graphic to the mono thematic location to how by the numbers and boring the open world was to the alpha state of the multyplayer, the only saving grace was the gameplay that is not even fully their work since it's just an iteration of bungie's work.

A lot of things are important for a game, budget, manpower, talent, etc.

Management is only one of these aspects and it can't be the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong.

I would never assing the next big halo to a team of only 300 people, no matter how good their management is, and especially if it is open world once again.

 

[Beer Baelly]

I am sorry OP, but we Green Rats strive for accuracy in our reports.

I couldn't find this anywhere. They should be around 500+ according to LinkedIn.

Too low.
Bethesda - ~500
Zenimax Online - ~500
That alone puts them in 1000+
id Software - ~200
Arkane - ~200
MachineGames - ~150
Tango Gameworks - <100
Roundhouse Studios - ?
And with all the support and localizing staff in the publishing division, it would be around 2000.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

what is that in girth?

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

The issue is lack of content. This game should not have been released in 2021. Imagine if Forge was available at launch?

Agreed.

 

[Godot25]

Since I'm dumb and did not find this thread while creating my own, I will post numbers I found here, because they are different then OP's.

Few caveats:

1. Japanese studios don’t have a huge presence on LinkedIn, hence low number of Tango Gameworks employees.

2. I’m not counting publisher arms like whole Bethesda Softworks. Just individual studios.

3. Yes, I know that numbers are not exact, but it’s certainly better than nothing, right?

4. I also collected number of employees in June 2021 so I will put it in bracket so you can see how big of growth (or otherwise) every studio experienced in year and few months later.

Mojang Studios - 925 (674)
343 Industries - 527 (564)
ZeniMax Online - 521 (457)
Bethesda Game Studios - 441 (390)
Playground Games - 381 (314)
id Software - 304 (286)
Rare - 286 (267)
Obsidian Entertainment - 282 (237)
Arkane - 270 (257)
Turn 10 - 200 (163)
The Coalition - 191 (196)
MachineGames - 158 (130)
Xbox Game Studios Publishing - 148 (83)
Ninja Theory - 136 (122)
Undead Labs - 129 (94)
inXile - 116 (110)
Compulsion Games - 91 (70)
Double Fine - 78 (79)
The Initiative - 49 (72)
Alpha Dog - 23 (16)
World's Edge - 12
Tango Gameworks - 11 (9)

Roundhouse does not have presence on LinkedIn, but I individually counted around 60 employees.

And just for fun, there is also number of employees from ABK in case deal goes through

Infinity Ward - 635
Treyarch - 595
Sledgehammer Games - 532
Beenox - 493
Raven Software - 382
Demonware - 259
High Moon Studios - 246
Toys for Bob - 142
Blizzard - 5754
Proletariat (part of Blizzard) - 37