The scope and scale of video game layoffs in 2023 are far beyond a typical year.
Unofficial figures estimate 9,000 workers have been affected, and at the heart of it all are corporations that valued growth at all costs — including people.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
In 2013, #Nintendo executives famously took a pay cut after the Wii U’s poor sales to prevent laying off developers.
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𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. - Nintendo president Satoru Iwata
Nintendo, developer of some of the highest-quality video games ever made, is saying here, in the long run, it is far more important to prioritize people over profit.
@thewebrecluse
The Professor mentioned Nintendo in his video about the layoffs at WotC. That anyone involved in getting Baldur's Gate 3 made would be laid off is bonkers. The layoffs are completely unjustifiable.
@TomeReader 👍🏾 amen to that truth ❤️ It's insane and ridiculous.