Update 2.50pm: on social media Tom Warren has extended the list of studios affected: Sony’s layoffs for PlayStation will have an impact on Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, London Studio, Guerrilla and Firesprite.\r\nThe head of Sony’s PlayStation Studios talks about «a different approach and resources» needed to focus on PC and mobile devices. The details are reported below, in the news just posted.\r\nOriginal news:\r\nApparently, 2024 will be remembered as a black year for the video game industry.\r\nAs also confirmed by The Verge , PlayStation would be ready to fire as many as 900 people.\r\nThose affected by the layoffs would be company employees spread across the world and not related to a specific internal studio.\r\nThe news comes close to the communication from the British game manufacturer Supermassive, which is preparing to lay off 90 employees, the latest in a dramatic decline in jobs.\r\n«We have made the extremely difficult decision to announce our plan to reduce global headcount by approximately 8%, or around 900 people, in compliance with local laws and consultation processes,” said Jim Ryan, head of PlayStation.\r\nSeveral PlayStation studios were affected, including the London Studio in the UK, as well as the Firesprite studio will also experience layoffs.\r\nOverall, employees in the Americas, Japan, and the EMEA and APAC regions will be affected.\r\n”After careful consideration and many discussions with management over several months, the need to make changes arose to continue growing the business and developing the company”, said Ryan in an internal email sent to employees.\r\n”We had to take a step back, look at our business holistically and move forward with a focus on the long-term sustainability of the company and delivering the best experiences possible to our community.”\r\nThe layoffs come just days after Sony missed its PS5 sales target , causing Sony’s share price to collapse by 10 billion dollars.\r\nIf on the one hand the prospects of the PS5 were not what Sony expected, on the other hand analysts highlighted an almost decade-long profit margin on games, suggesting that game production costs are eating into Sony’s profit margins.\r\nNot to mention that last January, Microsoft also made the painful decision to reduce the size of its video game workforce by around 1,900 employees.\ r\nIf you want to support the work of our editorial team, you can buy your favorite video games on Amazon, without any surcharge.