Industry-Wide Layoffs and Studio Closures Continue as Gaming Audiences Lose Interest in New Releases

[Peter_Brosdahl]

It's doubtful how many more folks are choosing to go outdoors and enjoy life, but one thing is for certain: there's less showing up to play new titles.

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[Uvilla]

Its may be a matter of saturation more than anything else.

 

[Brian_B]

And money. Start charging $70+ for new releases and people stop buying them ... imagine that.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Plus a lot of crap free-to-play live service games. Studios invest a ton of money into something nobody really wanted and big surprise, it fails to reign in the loot box/extra whatever cash cows they thought would sustain and turn a profit.

 

[Grimlakin]

Seems to me single player rpg games are still doing well.