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Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry have been a result of corporate greed. Instead, workers who have lost their jobs should "drive an Uber" or "go to the beach for a year" until employment settles.

Deering was a guest on games writer Simon Parkin's podcast My Perfect Console, where the pair discussed games industry layoffs.

"I don't think it's fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed," said Deering. "I always tried to minimise the speed with which we added staff because I always knew there would be a cycle and I didn't want to end up having the same problems that Sony did in Electronics."

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 month ago (3 children)

just go to the beach for a year.

I am advocating violence against this man. This post is a call to violence.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They should go to the sun for a year

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I'll donate his yearly salary for this cause

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At the very least they should be left outside in the sun for a year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That would at least be on par with what he's suggesting to his former employees.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

There is a precedent where someone said hungry people should just eat cake.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That was the most out of touch thing to say. Clearly these execs have never sweat from actual work in their lives that they think people can get comfortable with no income.