Amazon had mass layoffs a couple of days ago (apparently 14k are already gone and up to 30k are planned, all corporate jobs) and it's slowly coming out that they gutted their game development studios.
They ended support for their MMO New World: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/amazon-making-significant-cuts-to-games-business-moving-away-from-mmos/
They also cancelled an upcoming LotR MMO: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-has-reportedly-also-been-cancelled/
Instead of big games they're apparently focusing on their cloud gaming service Luna and small AI-slop party games.
Uh, good? I have no doubt that their "game development" division was just as diverse, equitable, and inclusive as their prime video division. It makes sense that they would fire all of these people first, since it will go under the radar. It's going to be big news when they get around to cutting the cancer out of the rest of the company.
I'm sure they kept the DEI cancer (and jeets). It's Amazon after all.
Either way, it's funny that the AI layoffs are coming for corporate jobs first, not the menial labor as has been prophecised (although they'll probably be hit eventually).
Amazon warrior princesses falling up and crashed.
Tripped on the server cable?
Once they gain dominance, they don't know what to do a flail a lot. So, wires get pulled along with other things.
New World was probably the most "successful" of Amazons gaming division, and it made it maybe a few months at best before everyone dumped it. And it was one of many huge money dumps they tried to get going that went nowhere.
They needed to get out years ago when it was clear they had nothing but "infinite money" behind them.
AI replacing all content creators soon is going to be a huge positive for content. Why?
Well, because all the mainstream slop most content creators are creating in every industry from video gaming to movies is garbage. AI will do just as good of a job. This means the only content humans will be able to create and profit from is content better than mainstream AI slop that is equivalent to mainstream slop today.
I think AI is going to create a situation where all the talent actually creates quality content instead of just coasting at a big corp while letting their talent rot.
The continued DEI infestation of the LOTR universe has only been delayed.