Why Are Layoffs Dominating the Games Industry?

Real Time Strategy

PlayStation and EA laid off hundreds of people last week, adding to the thousands of people affected by layoffs in the games industry in 2024. Sam and Kaitlyn discuss why layoffs are sweeping the industry, what they mean for the state of AAA game development, and how PlayStation and EA’s cuts signal major changes for their content strategies.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:02:27 – The Games Industry’s Layoff Epidemic

00:04:24 – PlayStation Layoffs

00:23:31 – EA Layoffs

00:45:10 – State of PSVR 2

00:52:28 – Dune: Part Two and Dune: Awakening

01:02:05 – Outro

Stories discussed:

Kotaku – Every Video Game Industry Layoff In 2024

The Verge – Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees

IGN – EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, 'Moving Away From Future Licensed IP'

Entertainment Weekly – 'Dune: Part 2' tops the box office with $81.5 million

Polygon – Surviving the new Dune MMO sounds like hell, but at least you can drink the blood of your enemies

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