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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is reevaluating how PlayStation Studios operates and plans to reduce its overall headcount by 8 percent. That means around 900 employees could be laid off in the coming months.

The process will result in widespread downsizing, project cancellations, and studio closures. PlayStation Studios London will close in its entirety, and there will be redundancies at other key studios including Guerrilla, Firesprite, Insomniac Games, and Naughty Dog. Outgoing SIE president and CEO, Jim Ryan, informed staff about the impending layoffs in an email sent out earlier today.

Providing additional comments on the SIE website, Ryan said the company must respond to a changing industry in order to keep delivering on expectations from both developers and players."These are incredibly talented people who have been part of our success, and we are very grateful for their contributions. However, the industry has changed immensely, and we
need to future ready ourselves to set the business up for what lies ahead," wrote Ryan.

In the email itself, Ryan said it's imperative that SIE adapts to an "evolving economic landscape" by changing how it develops, distributes, and launches video games.

To read more on this story, head over to Game Developer.



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