Roughly 11,500 industry layoffs since late 2008

[WilliamWatts]

noname2200 said:

WilliamWatts said:
Sure, whilst they have the figure of the number of job losses but they haven't got the figures for the number of new positions created. It would be like saying the job market is terrible because X number of people fired whilst ignoring new job creation.

Just to make sure I understand you correctly: you're asserting that the number of new positions created in this timeframe even remotely approaches the number of layoffs.

Correct?

No im asserting that in no way does the article paint an accurate picture of the game industry due to the structural changes which have taken place. We've had studios which have constantly been hiring, an explosive growth in downloadable console and phone game content, always got a lot of new start-ups in the industry. Its difficult to trace how well the industry is doing with this metric because layoffs are reported but never hirings.