PlayStation Reportedly Undergoing Layoffs Again

End of an era? I was only kidding a couple days ago when I posted doubt that there would be a PS6. ;o

It was nice knowing you Play Station.

Maybe Uncle Phil will just buy the PS division? lol :P

Anyway, thoughts SW?

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https://PlayStation Reportedly Undergoing Layoffs Again

Sonyhas initiated another round ofPlayStation layoffs, if a post by a former employee is anything to go by. It’s unclear if the layoffs are related to themass cancellations of live service projectsas the employee in question is a platform engineer who seems to have worked on the hardware side, including the unannouncedPS6.

PlayStation layoffs apparently started in February 2025

According to Oscar Diaz, who worked as a senior design technologist at PlayStation, “most” of his team was laid off. Diaz, who goes as Ryosuke on social media, was one of the employees let go. However, he didn’t say how big his team was or how many roles were eliminated.

Interestingly, Diaz’s posts suggest that he contributed to the PS6. “It was a dream to get to work with Sony on the platform I’d grown up playing since the PS1 and contribute to the PS5, Portal, PSVR2, PS App, and future consoles,” he wrote on multiple platforms including X.

At the time of this writing, there’s been no statement on the layoffs from Sony and we haven’t spotted any other posts from ex employees. Although layoffs were anticipated due to project cancellations, it looks like non-dev roles might also be on the chopping block.

Oh yeah, that merry season of the year when playstation lay off people, then xbox, then ubisoft, then a bunch of other companies, and Nintendo not, because the ones they let go never were employees technically.

An industry constantly in the news for laying people off en mass seems like a really bad industry.

These companies know what's most important to them, that's their stock price.

I was told PS has the winning formula, so this news has to be fake.😏

Depends who's kicking the bucket honestly. If it's Frank sitting in his cubical, contributing nothing but an easy paycheck? **** him. Hey sorry not sorry, jobs only matter if you're contributing. This isn't a charity.

Recall Microsoft closing Tango GameWorks after they released an award winning video game Hi-Fi Rush which Microsoft also claimed to have "far surpassed expectations"; and then fired them all anyway because durp

If Sony closed down Team Asobi, Blue Point, or Media Molecule that would be on-par with the Tango shutdown.

In other news Namco is also doing some layoffs

Rumor has it the PS6 is between two hardware configurations so if they already figured out what they are going with then they are not going to keep that team around.

@girlusocrazy said:

We are about roughly 2 of 3 people who will understand this ref.

@uninspiredcup: 🤜🤛

Mmmk

@TheEroica: dontcha know, they are gonna replace most developers with AI and it's gonna make gaming so much better /s

In reality though gaming ceo's keep cashing big fat paychecks, keep buying new yaghts, keep making stupid decisions and keep ruining people's livelihoods.

How many people have paid the cost because Sony was so insistent on spending 300 million on Concord the Live service killer app?

Do you really care how people who earn more money than you live their lives? I do not, and I try not to envy them.

Ceo's are horrible, horrible people.

I'm a philathropist.

We should all burn them.

Any from ND? Those are the ones who need firing as they make terrible games.

But if PlayStation goes under, who is Phil gonna sell Xbox games to?!

"b bu but Xbox"..

Umm check the 1st post. The TC already brought the Xbox in the conversation.

Xbox is never mentioned in OP.🙃😏

Umm his “gif” have an Xbox logo in it (even though it looks edited) and he brought up Phil. I never stated that he specifically said “Xbox” but he did IN FACT bring Xbox in this.

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The first mention of Xbox was comment #17 and it was factually never mentioned in the OP. You responded to someone pointing out this fact by claiming it was brought up in OP, which it wasn't. Just the facts.🤷🏾‍♀️

Phil will save his cash cow 😂🤣

Or eat them.

Poo cows...

Delish. lol :P

So many layoffs happening in the gaming industry.

Use your eyes. I can’t do that for you.

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My eyes work perfectly. You just can't handle the fact that Xbox was never mentioned in the OP.🤷🏾‍♀️

Someone from the inside must have cut the cables for PSN on their way out over this

@girlusocrazy: PSN is down?

@Pedro: Yes

Hopefully it will be back up tomorrow, I was intending on playing something online this weekend for once

And by judging from your post, your eyes are not only failing you but you’re lying about it.

One thing I’ve learned a while ago is:

“Never allow someone to drag you down to their level, only for them to beat you with experience”.

Good day my misguided sir.

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It is OK to be wrong. Xbox was factually not mentioned in the OP. 🤷🏾‍♀️

And again I say to you to use your eyes.

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It is OK to be wrong. Xbox was factually not mentioned in the OP review the bold. 🙃

But it’s not ok to be blind but whatever.

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I agree, thus the confusion of you claiming Xbox was mentioned in the OP.🙃

Umm refer to his “gif”.

If that isn’t a CLEAR sign of bringing Xbox into this debate then you’re clearly beyond any assistance.

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Thanks for confirming that it was never mentioned.

@ghostofgolden: Nah, Phil will simply buy them out and then we’ll have the Microsoft PlayStation in addition to the Microsoft Xbox.

*Surprise**Surprise* a company that does impractically high-budget games is unsustainable, and regular workers pay the price.

Oh so you’re spinning.

Great tactic.

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BTW, bringing an EDITED pic of the Xbox logo in a conversation about the PlayStation is mentioning it. You can use more than word for communication.

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I don't need to spin. There is literally no mentioned of Xbox in OP. Now spin, spinderalla, spin.🤭

Well I’m glad to see that you’re deluded.

Go on and fight the good fight cheerleader.

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I corrected you on your error. You are unable to accept this fact thus you believe this correction is cheerleading and fighting.🤷🏾‍♀️

Does this assumption help you sleep at night?

No assumption has transpired, just like no cheer-leading. Just, me correcting your error and you fighting with the correction.🤭

So are you sleeping better at night behind this?

Stop dodging the question.

It seems the wound from Concord is deeper than we thought.