Maybe I am just out of the loop, or fail to connect the dots. What's with a whole bunch of gaming companies laying off people or canceling projects? Is it simply the bad economy all over the world? Because that has been going on for a while, so why so many companies doing this just now, and all at once? A lot of games have been shit too for a while, so it's probably not that either. Do they have to publish quarterly reports in the upcoming days, and are trying to get ahead of the bad news by pretending that they have already done something about the issue?
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It’s a cover for clearing out worthless diversity hires and useless administrative positions. These leftist initiatives to bloat the ranks with women and minorities as well as various consulting and organizational positions have resulted in a labor force that is no longer fit for purpose; they simply can’t make good games at reasonable costs anymore.
The mainstream media narrative can never be “leftist ideology failed”, so the cover story is muh covid bubble burst and muh greedy executives. But good game companies who have made good games don’t seem to be firing people, and the industry seems to be growing still…