The videogame industry has seen constant layoffs throughout 2023. The people who make games have no job security, while CEOs go unpunished.
situation: Our gaming utopia exists because of the widely known and generally accepted suffering of others. Much like the discarded child who exists in filth, misery, and squalor so Omelas can thrive in Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story, the developers of our favorite games are routinely sacrificed in the name of profitability. These artists, programmers, narrative designers, Quality Assurance testers—anyone who isn’t a studio executive, really—have been deemed unnecessary and expendable.
While I was writing this piece, five companies cut staff or shuttered completely. Team17, the British developer and indie publisher,close to 50 jobs, mostly in QA. The Last of Us and Uncharted developer Naughty Dog—who spent $220 million on Theof at least 25 staffers, also mainly QA testers. With their contracts not officially over until the end of October, the cut employees are being asked to continue working until then, allegedly without the promise of severance.
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