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According to Kotaku: 25 Days Into 2024 And 5,800+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced (kotaku.com)

submitted 9 months ago by alyaza to c/gaming

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this is a running tally they're compiling in a single "article" and yeahhhh. not looking very good right now

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[–] falsemirror 9 points 9 months ago

This is true across tech workers. Having a nice salary kept unionization at bay, but there are no assurances during hard times.

These coordinated layoffs are almost certainly intended drive down labor costs in the long run by flooding the labor pool. Sure in a year we'll get "not enough developers" stories forgetting to mention the drastically smaller salary...