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Japanese devs aren't facing the same layoff crisis because their executives are paid an order of magnitude less, 'they didn’t get swept up in the live-service trend,' and their teams are smaller, says industry expert
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Former Tencent Games business development director and inaugural Game Awards Game Changer Amir Satvat explained in an Edge Magazine interview why the prolonged games‑industry layoff crisis has affected regions unevenly.
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