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EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, 'Moving Away From Licensed IPs' (www.ign.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, 'Moving Away From Licensed IPs'::Electronic Arts has announced that it, too, is undergoing mass layoffs, with plans to let go 5% of its total global staff, or roughly 670 individuals.

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[–] foggy 7 points 11 months ago

I guess I'm more saying..

In the 60s, to record an album, you needed a record deal who would finance your time in a professional recording studio, which was run by engineers with specialized roles.

These studios still exist, but they are nearly extinct. Basically museums at this point. Because as technology has improved, the access to tools that do the same jobs has become democratized. It's cheap, widely available.

Same will happen for the still-existing mega production studios: Hollywood for movies, EA or UbiSoft or Activision for games.