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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 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.xyz 21 points 11 months ago

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

[-] ZOSTED@sh.itjust.works 1 points 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!

[-] FippleStone@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Corporate bonuses gotta come from somewhere

[-] eyes@lemmy.world 18 points 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.

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