Game Developers Conference organizer Informa released its annual State of the Games Industry survey today, giving a window into developer experiences and attitudes on a variety of subjects, including layoffs, generative AI, unionization, and on which engines and platforms they're making games.
Informa's press outlet Game Developer worked with its market intelligence firm Omdia to survey more than 3,000 game makers last October, and found that the parade of headlines about layoffs in the industry had been reflected in developers' personal experiences.
35% of respondents said that they had been impacted by layoffs in the past year, whether that was in the form of being laid off themselves (7%), seeing their colleagues laid off (17%), or having layoffs hit other teams and departments within their company (11%).
source https://www.gamesindustry.biz/35-of-devs-affected-by-layoffs-last-year-says-gdc-survey
