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Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry have been a result of corporate greed. Instead, workers who have lost their jobs should "drive an Uber" or "go to the beach for a year" until employment settles.

Deering was a guest on games writer Simon Parkin's podcast My Perfect Console, where the pair discussed games industry layoffs.

"I don't think it's fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed," said Deering. "I always tried to minimise the speed with which we added staff because I always knew there would be a cycle and I didn't want to end up having the same problems that Sony did in Electronics."

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Can all these execs just fuck off and die already? Or at the very least never say anything, at all. Ever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are lucky and rich, and they mistakenly think that equates to being smart.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

The American public also elects them to office so they get to run your entire life.