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PlayStation Notifies Nearly 90 Employees of Impending Dismissal

Rishabh ShandilyaBy Rishabh ShandilyaMay 12, 2022
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North American headquarters of Sony have dismissed or fired approximately 90 employees. Advertising & revenue to brick-and-mortar stores account for the majority of job duties. Reports and papers acquired by Axios claim Sony is ceasing operations in the United States for its “shelf stocker” division.

In order to reduce the number of store promotion roles, Sony is eliminating the post of PlayStation Liaison, which put people into tangible stores to guarantee that employees were educated regarding PlayStation items. According to Axios, at least one employee said they were “displeased” that they had been only provided 2 weeks’ warning. Those impacted by the layoffs received no help from the gaming giant in finding new jobs inside the corporation.

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The Tides Are Changing

The development signals that the gaming giant is shifting its focus aside from tangible product distribution as well as onto straightforward promotion. More than 50% of PlayStation’s videogame market is now online, according to Axios, whereas numerous Sony employment posts are for its state-of-the-art membership plan, dubbed officially as Spartacus, that merges PlayStation Now with PlayStation Plus into a unified, multi-layered membership system.

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The company’s major redundancies occurred at a period when the gaming sector is under increased criticism. Activision Blizzard workers are pushing ahead in the campaign for improved compensation, and working environment, including financial stability for videogame designers.

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Activision Blizzard has been accused in many cases filed since last year of subjecting its workers to horrendous working standards, including discrimination and bullying. Despite Activision Blizzard’s attempts to prevent unionization, employees are in the course of constructing a legal union.

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The PS5 keeps selling and breaking records, but its total earnings are slightly below those of the PlayStation 4 at this juncture owing to continuous component scarcity. There will be a new monthly membership plan for Sony’s PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now devices beginning a few months from now that will consolidate both ventures into one. Titles from PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, & PSP consoles will be included in the highest costly plan.

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Rishabh Shandilya

I’m the guy you see dancing in the rain in the middle of the night. Pursuing my bachelor’s in literature, I love to read and write and I’m somewhat of a decent storyteller. A die-hard fan of Miyazaki and Murakami and my go-to quote is “The past is a foreign country, we do things differently there”.

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