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- A Sony Interactive Entertainment employee has revealed they’ve been laid off by the company.
- This is part of a round of layoffs that Sony hasn’t officially revealed soon.
- If more layoffs are planned, we can expect a statement from PlayStation soon.
PlayStation has been under fire ever since the launch of Concord. While they did make it up a bit with Astro Bot, the drama with Concord will undoubtedly hurt the company. According to a new post, PlayStation could face more layoffs soon.
Why it matters: We saw PlayStation sales decline, and Sony raised the console prices in certain regions along with the Dual Sense controller. With limited launches this year, Sony could also face lower stock values, leading to layoffs.
Ryan Jewell, an Environmental Artist who worked with Sony Interactive Entertainment for over 9 years has been laid off by the company. He states that this is part of a round of layoffs at the company. Interestingly Sony hasn’t officially announced them yet.
After almost a decade of bringing digital worlds to life at Sony, I’ve recently been let go due to a round of layoffs.
-Ryan Jewell
Now, it isn’t clear why this round has affected a long-standing SIE employee. The majority of the failure came from the Firewalk Studio, which technically is a part of the company’s first-party studios. So they could face the same situation.
But if PlayStation is indeed planning layoffs, and it has already begun, we might be officially hearing about them soon. The very latest round came back in July when over 220 employees from Bungie were laid off by Sony.
This unfortunate trend doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. Rocksteady also recently laid off many employees due to Suicide Squad’s failure. Insiders have predicted that this will result in much shorter AAA games moving forward.
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