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Game developers keep getting laid off for the same reason game developers generally earn lower salaries and have worse working conditions than other people in t
by Iftheshoefits 12y ago
Game developers keep getting laid off for the same reason game developers generally earn lower salaries and have worse working conditions than other people in this industry: a robust oversupply of potential labor.
These companies can replace their entire development staff regularly. That is, of course, the successful ones can. Developers at smaller places are laid off when their studios are bought by the sharks or fail to achieve any success in the market.
- mattm 12y agoYeah, I had a friend a few years younger than me say he wanted to get into game development. I told him the horror stories that many devs work all the time, get paid little and don't even have time to play games. His response? "I don't care. I'll do whatever it takes."
- tsotha 12y agoThis is the key. You wouldn't want to be a game dev for the same reason you wouldn't open a surfboard shop or depend on your band to pay the bills. To much in the way of virtually unpaid competition.