Herman Hulst writes: Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment initiated a reduction in our workforce – including within PlayStation Studios – and I wanted to talk about the impact that will have.
These decisions have been extremely difficult, but they are necessary, and I think it’s important to be transparent:
The US based studios and groups impacted by a reduction in workforce are:
Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, as well as our Technology, Creative, and Support teams
In UK and European based studios, it is proposed:
That PlayStation Studios’ London Studio will close in its entirety;
That there will be reductions in Guerrilla and Firesprite
The Pokemon Company had retail sales worth of 10.8 billion US Dollars in the year 2023, based on the latest report.
that merch tho.
ridiculous the numbers they pull in, which makes it even worse when i think about the low budget broken games they make. or have made recently
Parcae’s Fate Studio-developed open-world action game Unending Dawn has joined Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s China Hero Project incubation program, the companies announce. As previously announced, it will be available PlayStation 5, iOS, and Android.
CangMo Game Entertainment-developed action RPG Project: Jinyiwei has joined Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s China Hero Project incubation program, the companies announced. It will be available for PlayStation 5.
PlayStation employed 8,000 people as of August 2023, which meant that 11.25% (900) of the employees had been laid off.
London Studio complete closure is devastating to hear. I was hoping for a Blood & Truth 2 on PSVR2, or at least a Remaster....part 1 was sooo good! :(
It's gutting that employees are getting laid of. It's everywhere all for the sake of higher ups keeping their dollars 😭.
Yikes 😩 more industry layoffs.