Episode 187: When A Publisher Won’t Use the Word ‘Layoff’ (News Show)


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Feb 03 2025 115 mins   10

There are few things worse than yet another company laying people off… and EA has committed the sin of obfuscating job losses. Also: Earnings season is underway, the Circana report for December 2024 and the full year, a recap of the GDC State of the Industry report, and more.

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TIME STAMPS

  • [00:00:49] - EA Takes a Tumble
  • [00:12:58] - Microsoft Q2 FY25 Earnings
  • [00:19:38] - Capcom Q3 FY25 Earnings
  • [00:25:39] - Circana Report on U.S. Video Game Spending for December 2024 and Full Year 2024
  • [00:35:25] - Learnings from the GDC State of the Industry Report
  • [01:05:38] - Investment Interlude
  • [01:14:06] - Quick Hits
  • [01:25:21] - Labor Report
  • [01:38:15] - Listener Questions
  • [01:50:18] - FAFO

SOURCES

INVESTMENT INTERLUDE

LABOR REPORT