Yeah, “hit with” has always been bizarre passive voice wording. The executives in charge were the ones who actively decided to lay off people.

I mean, even if it had done well, I feel like they would still be laying people off anyways, just to pad out their end of year revenue presentations.

Those of us who aren’t being harassed and sent death threats by them can, sure. But that’s kind of the problem.

The Gamergaters really wanted the game to get bad reviews so they could use it to fuel their self-victimhood.