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One in 10 Video Game Developers Were Laid Off in 2024, GDC Report Finds
Following 2024's massive wave of layoffs across the video game industry, one in three game developers say they were impacted by the cuts.
Following 2024’s massive wave of layoffs across the video game industry, one in 10 developers say they were among those cut from AAA studios and indie outlets alike. Per the survey, “The top reason companies have given their employees for layoffs is restructuring (a general term for reorganizing a business to make it more profitable), followed by declining revenue and market shifts. “While many of them recognized that revenue and market shifts were part of the problem, they placed most of the blame on specific issues like Covid-era overexpansion, rising production costs, declining player interest, unrealistic expectations for the “next big hit,” and poor leadership and mismanagement.”
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