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The State Of AAA Publishers Today

management Job security Layoffs Capitalism Corporate greed Game industry Aaa-publishers

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The State Of AAA Publishers Today

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AAA game publishers have discovered the ultimate business strategy: fire everyone regardless of outcome. Success? Layoffs. Mediocrity? Layoffs. Complete failure? Believe it or not, also layoffs. It's like they're speedrunning the "how to destroy employee morale" category while simultaneously bragging about record profits to shareholders.

The logic is flawless: spend millions on development, fire the talented devs who made it happen, then act shocked when the next game is buggy garbage. But hey, at least the CEO got their bonus for "optimizing operational costs." Nothing says "we value our employees" quite like treating human beings as disposable resources in a game of corporate Tetris.

Fun fact: The gaming industry laid off over 10,000 workers in 2023 alone, many from studios that just shipped successful titles. Turns out "record-breaking profits" and "job security" are mutually exclusive concepts in AAA land.

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