Triple-A Time Bomb

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Episode 149 Sony has laid off around 900 PlayStation employees, or roughly 10% of their workforce. This is just the latest in a seemingly never-ending bombardment of workforce reductions in triple-A game studios. Industry experts have long-warned of the unsustainability of the triple-A games space, and it seems as though the bubble is in the midst of bursting. Today, we discuss the PlayStation layoffs and what they portend for the triple-A games industry as we know it. As always, we conclude by talking about the games we're playing (Persona 3 Reload, A Little to the Left, Helldivers 2). This episode was recorded in February 2024. Royalty free music from BenSound. Questions or comments? Tweet @PodcastGametalk Or chat us up in Discord - discord.gg/JZCj5Qn Timestamps: 0:00 - PlayStation Layoffs 15:09 - Triple-A Fallout and Ballooning Budgets 22:47 - Yearning For Old PlayStation 28:03 - Sacrifices for Sustainable AAA Games 41:25 - Industry-Wide Layoffs and AAA Limitations 49:45 - Persona 3 Reload 53:53 - A Little to the Left 56:56 - Helldivers 2

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