PlayStation has announced the intention to lay off roughly 8% of its current staff, affecting employees at multiple first-party studios around the world.
The information comes from the official Sony newsroom, where a new post from Sony Interactive Entertainment President & CEO Jim Ryan has outlined the changes. Described as a “plan to commence a reduction of our overall headcount globally by about 8% or about 900 people,” it will impact “employees across the globe, including our studios.”
Ryan explains that the cuts are a result of an industry that “has changed immensely” and will supposedly prepare the company to “deliver on expectations from developers and gamers and continue to propel future technology in gaming.” The post includes a copy of an email that has been sent out to staff, which provides some additional information.
This will be in addition to “reductions” at Firesprite studio, the co-developers of Horizon Call of the Mountain, almost three years after it was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in September 2021. The proposal will be subject to a “period of collective consultation” in which employees will be made aware of the current course of action.
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