PlayStation Cutting 900 Jobs, Affecting Spider-Man, Last Of Us, And Horizon Developers
Sony’s PlayStation division is cutting jobs in the latest round of high-profile layoffs in the video game industry. By some estimations, 2024 has already seen more than 7,000 video game industry layoffs. Reporter Jason Schreier of Bloomberg was first to reveal the cuts, which have subsequently been confirmed by Sony in a blog post.
Related to these moves, PlayStation is proposing to close its London games studio, which was most recently responsible for developing PlayStation VR games. Cuts are also coming to Sony’s other studios, including Firesprite, Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, and Guerrilla. PlayStation’s technology, creative, and support teams are also affected by these measures.
In a blog post, outgoing SIE CEO Jim Ryan said it was an “extremely hard decision” to make these cuts, which amount to 900 people or about 8% of PlayStation. Ryan is leaving in March.