As if things in the entertainment industry weren’t already bad enough I just learned that last week, Sony Interactive Entertainment let go of 900 employees from their various video games studios around the world because, of course, money as sales have been slow lately. This resulted in layoffs from several of their first party studios like Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, Firesprite, and sadly Insomniac Games.
This is tragic, but hearing that Insomniac Games got effected was the worse and most inexcusable of it all, as they have been working hard as the driving force of the PS5 era since it came out in 2020 with IG releasing a new PS5 only game nearly every year since then, so they should have been left alone if SIE is that desperate in gaining sales and such.
Not to mention they are likely still recovering from that hacking they were the victim of year, so this was the last thing some of their employees needed to deal with. I also fear that their projects will be delayed even longer unless they do something new, but more on that in a later journal. Admittedly it could have been worse, as apparently the SIE studio in London will be shut down but still.
I really hope the PlayStation employees will find work soon, and hopefully SIE can reverse their decision soon and maybe call people back when things get better. I feel like IG employees could get some help from Gameheads which brings me to the next topic.
A while ago Insomniac Games teamed up with Gameheads, an organization that helps teach low income youths video game creating skills. Together they created a DLC skin pack for Spider-Man 2 and while they admit that they don’t usually do priced DLC and stuff like that, luckily it is for a good cause as all the money will going towards Gameheads.
Maybe if the Spider-Man skins do well, Gameheads could reward ex IG employees by paying them to make a guest visit at a presentation to help inspire their students or could allow them let them add them as a reference to their resumes.
I really hope Insomniac Games and PlayStation recovers soon but what are your thoughts on all of this?
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