I really want to see what "margin" you are specifically thinking of.
AAA game dev is one of the highest risk industries in the world. Games generate losses constantly. 2023 and 24 saw about 50'000 layoffs across the industry. With 1500 more in 2025.
One of the biggest game publishers in the world is on the brink of shuttering.
So please, be specific. What margins?
Edit: Go figure, the person I responded to mentioned nothing about "margins" and instead claimed "We have better tools, AI and Unreal Engine so games are easy and cheap to make now". What a fucking moron.
2023 and 24 saw about 50'000 layoffs across the industry. With 1500 more in 2025.
Corporations are just as likely to lay people off when they're making record profits. The more executives and shareholders are involved, the more likely that a major layoff will happen. Board of directors need their new yachts.
Watched it happen at companies like Blizzard for decades now. They'd hit a new record for revenue and still lay off hundreds of people from dev teams and customer service.
EDIT: Search the internet for something like blizzard record profit layoffs. You will see a VARIETY of articles from the 2010s and 2020s talking about each of the years where Blizz hit new records for profit and profit margins, and still laid off hundreds of people at a time.
Yes there were you dumbass, layoff happened because ceos during the pandemic thought that the gaming/streaming boom would last forever, so they recruted a shit ton of people that are now costing them since gaming has regressed to usual levels of play, Multiple Gaming companies have recorded their best financial year of all-time last year. You’re an idiot if you really think that
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u/Few-Requirements 1d ago edited 1d ago
Pfft, that's a great joke.
Oh, you're serious.
I really want to see what "margin" you are specifically thinking of.
AAA game dev is one of the highest risk industries in the world. Games generate losses constantly. 2023 and 24 saw about 50'000 layoffs across the industry. With 1500 more in 2025.
One of the biggest game publishers in the world is on the brink of shuttering.
So please, be specific. What margins?
Edit: Go figure, the person I responded to mentioned nothing about "margins" and instead claimed "We have better tools, AI and Unreal Engine so games are easy and cheap to make now". What a fucking moron.