According to Kotaku, we’re well over last years head count in layoffs.

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    9 months ago

    My pipe dream is a bunch of new indie studios forming out of all these layoffs and kicking publisher‘s asses on sales with new competent and passionate games.

    …But I guess they‘d then probably sell to those publishers again and repeat…

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      The largest factor is lack of capital, which is something everyone is enduring due to the SVB collapse. This is a giant recession of the entire sector and I don’t see how it corrects any time soon.

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          While breathing is cool, I have some hope that it will start correcting this year or next.

          The big thing is that the raised interest rates have helped to prevent a real recession. So the real question is when can they come back down. I hope it starts this year even though it’ll likely take years to go back to what they were pre-pandemic, if the go that low again.