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Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-09-13-gartner-survey-reveals-talent-shortages-as-biggest-barrier-to-emerging-technologies-adoption

...and a ton of other sources

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies...

Gaming is not one of these. In fact, the gaming industry is not IT at all.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok, here and here. Feel free to search for this on your own

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The onus is on you to back up your claims, but also thank you for providing a "good" source finally. The second one was just a BS article that is, again, corporate speak for "avoiding ways to pay for the talent," but the UK one actually had useful information.