6000 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:55:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png 6000 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 More than 6000 devs lost their jobs in 2023 https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/more-than-6000-devs-lost-their-jobs-in-2023/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/more-than-6000-devs-lost-their-jobs-in-2023/#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:45:38 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=633526 2023 has both been one of the best years for gaming as well as one of the worst. While 2023’s output would easily make it an amazing year full of high quality titles, the industry itself has suffered dearly – with constant reports of industry lay-offs. In total, more than 6000 developers have been laid off this year – with it seemingly only set to get worse.

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2023 has both been one of the best years for gaming as well as one of the worst. While 2023’s output would easily make it an amazing year full of high quality titles, the industry itself has suffered dearly – with constant reports of industry lay-offs. In total, more than 6000 developers have been laid off this year – with it seemingly only set to get worse.

As reported by technical artist Farhan Noor via the site videogameslayoffs.com, since the start of 2023 more than 6100 jobs have been lost in the industry across 80 different companies. Due to some companies not disclosing its lay-offs, the full list of affected employees is likely much higher.

What’s more, the trend seems to be worsening, with September said to be the biggest month so far in terms of lay-offs – as 17 different companies are said to have cut jobs during this period.

Additionally, Gamesindustry.biz has shared that 11 studios in total have been shut down entirely since the beginning of the year, those being:

  • Calypte
  • Dang
  • Puny Human
  • Volition Games
  • Mimimi Games
  • Vanpool
  • CyberConnect2 Montreal
  • Antimatter Games
  • Campfire Cabal
  • Kiloo Games
  • PixelOpus

It is disappointing to see so many publishers letting go of dozens or even hundreds of developers in such a short period of time. Hopefully the video games industry is able to regain some form of consistency and job security moving forward – though this is unfortunately unlikely.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of all these recent layoffs? How can companies avoid this in the future? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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AMD 6000 series tessellation performance to be much improved https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/carl/amd-6000-series-tessellation-performance-to-be-much-improved/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/carl/amd-6000-series-tessellation-performance-to-be-much-improved/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:52:08 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=18486 While we dont have any detailed information or benchmark figures, we are hearing from sources in the Far East that Tessellation performance on the new AMD 6000 series cards is said to be significantly improved over current 5000 series offerings. This will be a great source of joy for the red followers. Tessellation is a …

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While we dont have any detailed information or benchmark figures, we are hearing from sources in the Far East that Tessellation performance on the new AMD 6000 series cards is said to be significantly improved over current 5000 series offerings. This will be a great source of joy for the red followers.

the Fermi lovin' dragon from Unigine's Heaven Benchmark

Tessellation is a current strength of nVidia Fermi hardware and we can see this with performance figures in benchmarks such as Unigine's Heaven Benchmark, and the Stone Giant Benchmark – Nvidia's GTX460 mid range card is keeping up with the AMD HD5870 high end product for instance. Sadly, right now very few games are making use of Tessellation, apart from a handful, such as Metro 2033 but it is going to be a key factor in future titles coming out in 2011.

If you need to get educated on Tessellation, then hear it from nVidia directly, over here

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Cut price GTX470 already appearing on sites https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/faith/cut-price-gtx470-already-appearing-on-sites/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/faith/cut-price-gtx470-already-appearing-on-sites/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:29:58 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=11231 As we reported yesterday, nVidia is prepared to pull out all the stops to re-take market share from AMD in the tough graphics market. Information KitGuru heard about the latest round of price cuts was that the GTX470 could be cut by over 21%. Searching the big sites today, we have already found some evidence …

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As we reported yesterday, nVidia is prepared to pull out all the stops to re-take market share from AMD in the tough graphics market. Information KitGuru heard about the latest round of price cuts was that the GTX470 could be cut by over 21%. Searching the big sites today, we have already found some evidence that this is true.

Smaller sites need to sell-through old stock before they can buy new kit. The mega-stores don't suffer from that problem.

To paraphrase a classic 16th century Ye Olde English saying, they have the supplier's nuts in a vice and can squeeze anything they want, whenever they want.

For example, if nVidia insiders reveal that the GTX470 will benefit froma price cut of more than 21%, then the major sites have 2 choices:-

  1. With fast moving product, they can sit back on the reduction and enjoy massive profits – until the smaller resellers sell out old stock and start to undercut them
  2. On slower moving lines, they can stimulate customers immediately by passing the cut along directly

In the States, Newegg is one of the biggest resellers. We've analysed their GTX470 offers this morning and the GTX470 price drops have already come through.

We're already seeing $50 drop from the price of a GTX470

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Worth bearing in mind that resellers are under no legal obligation to pass over the whole of a cut. They might see $50 as ‘enough bait to make them bite', while at the same time INCREASING margin on the stimulated sales.

Either way, the ongoing push by nVidia to reduce prices in order to gain market share looks set to continue.

KitGuru has been asked by several industry insiders how far we think the price cuts will go.

The answer is simple.

People only need to change price if they are NOT selling out. Production of the Radeon 5000 series still seems to be hampered by issues with TSMC's line. While AMD sells all of the cards it can make, there is no pressure to change price.

To see when nVidia is having an effect on AMD's sales, look for 2 subtle warning signs:-

  1. Solid price drop for one of the existing Radeon 5000 cards (e.g. 5770, 5850 or 5870)
  2. Introduction of one of AMD's next generation cards early (e.g. a ‘6000 series' card in store before the end of September)

Unless you see one or both of these – then you know that there was no effect.

Frankly, KitGuru would like to see some price-stimulation from AMD. It's not natural to push out a range of cards and leave them in the market for more than a year with no sign of price pressure.

Consumers like movement. We demand to be stimulated dammit!

Fingers crossed that with the next one or two price drops from nVidia, we finally see (a) price drops or (b) new product from AMD

KitGuru says: We'd also like to see the high-selling SKUs from nVidia finally hit the market. Especially the promise of a 50w Fermi with the 420 product (as we reported back in May).

Chitter chatter below, but if you want to bellow – head to the KitGuru forums.

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