New survey reports one in 10 game developers have lost their jobs in 2024
One in 10 game developers lost their job in 2024. That’s according to the results of the annual Game Developers Conference state of the video game survey. The survey sampled over 3,000 developers and covered a number of topics including industry layoffs and what kind of games developers are working on.
"One in 10" game developers were laid off in the past year, GDC survey of 3,000+ devs finds: "We set impossible goals and then fire everyone if they prove to be impossible"
The report was assembled by the GDC team in partnership with research partners at Omdia, and in collaboration with Game Developer. "One
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