falsemirror@beehaw.orgtoGaming@beehaw.org•According to Kotaku: 25 Days Into 2024 And 5,800+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced
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8 months agoThis is true across tech workers. Having a nice salary kept unionization at bay, but there are no assurances during hard times.
These coordinated layoffs are almost certainly intended drive down labor costs in the long run by flooding the labor pool. Sure in a year we’ll get “not enough developers” stories forgetting to mention the drastically smaller salary…
Those people are in for a rude awakening when it turns out an erased person can still give them a wack across the head.
VR hype/doom really tends to downplay the importance of material reality. VR offers no shelter, no food, no sex, no true impact in the world. It is only a platform for media.