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Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 (www.videogameschronicle.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] c0mbatbag3l 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's more due to AI and/or the expectation of automation being able to reduce the workforce before that actually gets set up functionally. Also that tech companies are doing it to try and kick back against people demanding their wages increase with cost of living, so game devs are piling onboard with layoffs for the same reason.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

The layoff wave started way before the AI hype. It is more tied to interest rates imo.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not only that. Companies are getting richer and richer and they could easily afford LOTS of employees. Microsoft reached the trillion-dollar market cap and a few days later fired 1900 people

[–] c0mbatbag3l 5 points 9 months ago

Right, but they're doing it because they believe they can make up the lost manpower through automation that won't be integrated enough to do so for another couple years. So they're going to overload their current employees even further than they likely already are and the product/s will continue to suffer and fall off.

This isn't happening in a vacuum, it's happening currently because they believe AI is far enough along to pick up the slack.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if it's that, though. There's so many cuts on the tech sector not just gaming.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 1 points 9 months ago

I literally said they're following the tech sector, and why wouldn't AI also affect tech in general?