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dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I think the layoffs are largely because of the class war going on but also I think the videeo game industry is blatantly trying to do what the movie industry tried to do with AI it is just there isn’t an industry union to fight it. The execs are saying “we can train AI on all the past and present labor of our artists and then just fire the artists!”.

I think they can particularly get away with this because gamers tend to be the kind of people who will scream “skill issue” or naively parrot a talking point at you if you bring up the political consequences of AI being used to consolidate power in the ruling class. As a result there is almost zero actual solidarity between fans and creators in this industry.

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smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Or the much simpler explanation that companies over-stretched in an economic boom and now need to cut costs

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- dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Where are the huge losses being posted by gaming companies? This was a great year for games. It is nonsense.
  
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  - smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    The root cause of so many of these layoffs is overspending. It’s also often, ironically, overspending linked to success. Gaming boomed during the pandemic when most of us were locked up at home with nothing to do, so companies saw currency signs in their eyes and jumped in on it.
    
    Literally discussed in the article. The people’s revolution is not upon us, comrade!
    
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    dumpsterlid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ok, well retailers are also all saying shoplifting is destroying their profits and causing them to close stores and that is all nonsense. Why should I take these video game companies at their word?
    
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