Why does it cost extra money for game devs to make new content?

Question

I always hear that it will take a lot of resources/they don’t have the funds to make new [x] but I don’t understand how this works when I assume they already have the workers on payroll? Where does the extra money come in? If the devs are already there being payed can’t they simply be directed to make [x]?

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Game Devs aren’t employed at all times, usually when the project is done the majority gets laid off