| Ryuu96 said: Hard to even enjoy gaming lately when all the news surrounding it is fucking over the employees giving us the games. |
Honestly it isn't really a problem exclusive to the games industry, many industries are suffering right now. Covid fucked pretty much the whole planet up royally, first the lockdowns, then the stimulus payments many countries did which were largely a mistake and seem to have contributed to mass inflation. Pay ended up shooting way up due to the mass inflation (I know companies in my area where pay has shot up 40% or more in just 4 years), and because of money devaluing and corporations being forced to pay more, they are really suffering as they watch the value of the mass wealth they have accumulated decrease, so now they feel the need to layoff people to try and protect their bottom line.
Honestly, I think 2024 is not even the tip of the iceberg, the economy is only going to continue to get worse the way things are headed right now. I fear we are headed for the 2nd Great Depression.
