As of march 1, 2024, it is estimated that 8,000 workers within the gaming industry have been laid off. Hiro capital partner spike laurie believes you can trace the current wave (s) of layoffs to one in particular:
In the first quarter of 2024 alone, 250,000+ employees were laid off across the united states. Games industry layoffs in 2024 are already being reported following last year’s unprecedented number of job losses.
Microsoft Plans To Cut 1,900 Workers In Its Gaming Division, The Company Confirmed To Fast Company On Thursday.
Days into january 2024, over 500.
On January 4, 2024, The First Round Of Video Game Layoffs (That We Know Of) Happened At Vr Games Developer Archiact.
With today’s layoffs, there are now an estimated 5,932 cuts in 2024 alone, per kotaku.
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But How Many Jobs Have Been Affected By The Video Game Industry Layoffs?
We're now 68 days into 2024 and layoffs have already caused the video games industry to shrink by 8,300+ jobs.
With The Layoffs Of 150 People At Sumo Group And 100 More At Timbre Games This Week, The Total Estimated Layoffs In 2024 Have Exceeded 10,800, According.
We’re not even at the end of january, and the website has calculated that over 5600 jobs have been lost in 2024.
