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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