Joe Klemmer to Game [email protected] • 1 month agoDid video game investment hit rock bottom, and is it ready to go back up?www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkDid video game investment hit rock bottom, and is it ready to go back up?www.gamesindustry.bizJoe Klemmer to Game [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareferretlinkEnglish8•1 month agoVideo game investment hits rock bottom and excellent indie games gobble up the space, no loss keep the investment down please
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•1 month agoThe loss is job security for existing developers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•1 month agoFrom what I’ve been reading the past few years, job security for developers doesn’t exist beyond the current game they’re working on.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoIt’s slowly changing with the formation of unions.
minus-squareferretlinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoThey can just transition to being indie devs or transition to adjacent programming fields. It is not challenging to find work as a programmer. I doubt positions known for brutal crunch time are very coveted by the devs that hold them
Video game investment hits rock bottom and excellent indie games gobble up the space, no loss keep the investment down please
The loss is job security for existing developers
From what I’ve been reading the past few years, job security for developers doesn’t exist beyond the current game they’re working on.
It’s slowly changing with the formation of unions.
They can just transition to being indie devs or transition to adjacent programming fields. It is not challenging to find work as a programmer. I doubt positions known for brutal crunch time are very coveted by the devs that hold them