Game layoffs continue to slow down through early May | Amir Satvat
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Summary
According to data collated by Amir Satvat, the games industry’s layoff rate has slowed in 2025, with the year-to-date total standing at 2,705.
His research indicates that the annual total will likely be just 5,389, which represents a 45% decline in the initial forecast for the year.
Satvat uses a Holt-Winters time series model that takes into account historical data and real-time information to make predictions.
The model covers trends in studio activity, opening projections, layoff announcements and user reports, as well as millions of data points drawn from conversations with thousands of individuals.
Mathematically, the data model requires repeats of Q1/Q2 events of the scale of Microsoft and Sony’s mass cuts to approach the original forecasts for 2025.