How_Sway@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoOver 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024www.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkOver 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024www.videogameschronicle.comHow_Sway@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarerandomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months agoCool maybe this means more indie games… Idk I gave up a long time ago when I learned rolling layoffs was the norm in game development.
minus-squareCyclohexane@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·5 months agoUnfortunately it doesn’t mean that. Game corporations have too much power and influence over the market.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWhat are you talking about? Indie development studios spring up out of mistreatment at AAA studios all the time. Where do you think Supergiant, Second Dinner, and Frost Giant came from, for instance?
Cool maybe this means more indie games…
Idk I gave up a long time ago when I learned rolling layoffs was the norm in game development.
Unfortunately it doesn’t mean that. Game corporations have too much power and influence over the market.
What are you talking about? Indie development studios spring up out of mistreatment at AAA studios all the time. Where do you think Supergiant, Second Dinner, and Frost Giant came from, for instance?