At PC Gamer we've been talking about how to convey the scale of 16,000+ game devs being laid off in a year, without forgetting that number represents individual people with their own stories. This is our first attempt: 16,000 dots, alongside voices of those affected. www.pcgamer.com/the-impact-o...

These gaming companies can't get their products finished in time as it is. How are they going to do it with fewer workers?

So awful - thanks for the incredible chart

…and these are just the ones REPORTED (because they had to be by law). I honestly think the actual number is some order of magnitude worse.

:(

This is why Unions are important. And Work councils.

Would be pretty cool to have an industry wide trade union.

Ugh. Thank you for writing this. 🙏

That’s a good idea.

Is there a good resource for tracking the total number of jobs in the industry over time? I’d be interested in comparing the layoff numbers with the overall trend. My impression is that in recent years the number of jobs has gone way up.

oh man sooooo many dots in january ;_;