• smeg@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    Or the much simpler explanation that companies over-stretched in an economic boom and now need to cut costs

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      10 months ago

      Where are the huge losses being posted by gaming companies? This was a great year for games. It is nonsense.

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        9 months ago

        The root cause of so many of these layoffs is overspending. It’s also often, ironically, overspending linked to success. Gaming boomed during the pandemic when most of us were locked up at home with nothing to do, so companies saw currency signs in their eyes and jumped in on it.

        Literally discussed in the article. The people’s revolution is not upon us, comrade!