Sony plans many layoffs at PlayStation

This year can be considered a year of massive layoffs in the video game industry, as within a few months companies like Ubisoft, Activision, Microsoft, Codemasters, Amazon Games, among others, have announced their respective layoffs to preserve profits This also happened play station con bangiLetting go of several people from the studio, and it looks like they won’t be the only ones in the company, since sony He plans to thank more employees.

Documents obtained by the media said that there are people who may quit their jobs soon, including people from Insomniac Games, the game’s creators. Marvel’s Spider-Man 1 y 2as well as the latter Wolverine That has been the victim of leaks. In fact, it is not known what these hackers did, as the files of the planned deletion are kept classified until the affected parties are notified.

They will want to move between 50 and 75 people insomniac games, It aims to recover some of the losses with the previous games and is said to be the game Ratchet and Clank: Crack separate From 2021 PS5 It has cost much more than the investment. So there is also the possibility that the franchise is in danger of disappearing, leaving only the superhero franchises that are doing so well in sales.

Here is a note attributed to the CEO Insomniac Games, Ted Price:

For strategically eliminating 50-75 people, our best bet is between Wolverine and Spider-Man 3 , Ratchet’s team members and replacing low performers with new IPs.

Also notable is that it is virtually confirmed that there will be a third part for it spider manSomething that was evident from what was seen in the post-credits scene of the second game, as well as when the creators themselves mentioned that Miles Due to temporary retirement will be the new main character of the franchise Peter Parker. And since it is already stated in the paper, they will remove those who show low performance leaving only those who show high potential.

Through: Insider Gaming

Editor’s note: It is certainly sad that these things happen, especially now with the fact that they have leaked a lot of information and it has already been published on social networks. However, Wolverine helped them get back on track a bit and maybe funded another Ratchet and Clank.