One of id Software's executives, Marty Stratton, said that despite the 50% reduction in staff "the team is doing great", but he doesn't want to downplay the importance of layoffs. The studio came out of this situation "very viable" both in the context of game development and internal technology development. Apparently, the publisher, like many others, doesn't understand what John's been doing for the last few years and has only issued a limited check.
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