Ex-Sony CEO Defends Layoffs
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•Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should "drive an Uber", says ex-Sony president
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Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs have been a result of corporate greed.
Deering was a guest on games writer Simon Parkin's podcast My Perfect Console .
In February , Sony laid off 900 PlayStation employees ( around eight percent of its workforce) In May 2024 , over 10,000 people in the games industry had been laid off.
Now, that figure has risen to over 11,500 .
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