It’s estimated that 9,000 games industry jobs have been lost this year | VGC
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Free Radical is the latest studio to close in a year in which job cuts have been…
    • ZOSTED@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      “Scrappiest Studio Award” to the team who shipped a decent game after 70% of their team was laid off. What an inspiration, just look at the adorable bags under their hunted eyes. Go crash and burn somewhere, guys. We’ll put out a call for contracts when we need you again

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
    121·
    11 months ago

    Isn’t the video game industry booming? What’s up with the layoffs? Is this the work of ChatGPT?

    Edit: typo

    • JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      242·
      11 months ago

      Unreasonable expectations: every game must be the next cod or Fortnite otherwise it’s a failure

      • ZOSTED@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        44·
        11 months ago

        How else are you going to support the salaries of so many useless hangers-on who don’t actually contribute to the product!

      • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        916·
        11 months ago

        Also gamers dont help. “This game wasnt exactly what I wanted and had a few minor day 1 bugs they patched within a week… utter trash”

    • eyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      11 months ago

      The games industry is shrinking post COVID boom, companies expanded massively to try to capitalise on that and now the money isn’t there anymore. The games industry is always bad for layoffs, with staff being seen as an unnecessary expense post project in many cases. Additionally the tech sector is experiencing a unheard of levels of bad year (something like a 700%+ percent increase in layoffs according to at least one research group) which is contributing.