Despite Historic Layoffs, Video Game Revenue Is At Historic High
It’d be easy to look at the constant studio closures, cancellations, and historic layoffs—with 28 percent of surveyed developers losing their jobs in the last two years alone—and conclude that video games are in terminal decline. Surely, profit margins must be flatlining given how much talent continues to be shed. Not...
It’d be easy to look at the constant studio closures, cancellations, and historic layoffs—with 28 percent of surveyed developers losing their jobs in the last two years alone—and conclude that video games are in terminal decline. Surely, profit margins must be flatlining given how much talent continues to be shed. Not quite. As it turns out, the global games market crossed the $200 billion threshold for the first time in 2025.
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