Lately technology in various sectors, including dismissal events began to increase. The last example of this is the decision to reduce the workforce in the UK and the USA by 15 percent after the financial stalemate of semiconductor manufacturer Arm, whose agreement with Nvidia for 40 billion dollars was broken. In this context, 1,000 people were laid off.
As you can see above, the main reason behind the dismissal decisions financial problems stands out as. PlayStation Sony, which has left its mark on the console industry with its brand, has recently taken a similar decision. However, the main reason for this decision is more than financial problems. PlayStation 5 The digitalization process that started with the console.
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PlayStation, one of the best in the console world, has made a serious impact with the announcement of PS5 in 2020. transformation processwhat entered. In terms of its features, design and the privileges it offers to the players appeal to the new generation The console, which has been destroyed, due to many reasons, especially the chip crisis. exit in the shadow of stock shortages had to do.
With the release of the next-gen console, the balance between digital and physical game sales has also changed drastically. Considering the year 2021, the PlayStation games sold by Sony 62 percentWhile creating digital games, physically if games 38 percent remained levels.
Sony, on the grounds that not only they but the world has entered the digitalization process. store and retail some of the workers in the field dismissal took the decision. At this point North America about the operations 90 peopleIt was decided to dismiss the We will see if this situation will continue in the future.
axios In the report published by the company, it was emphasized that the pandemic period triggered the digitalization process even more. In this process, human contact was reduced to a minimum and game consoles began to be sold more on online websites. The same is true for games. Because of this, physical game sales have dropped noticeably.
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