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Double Fine Founder Tim Schafer Questions Economics of the Game Industry Amid Mass Layoffs and Studio Closures - IGN
Publisher description: Double Fine founder Tim Schafer says he no longer “understands the economics” of game development following Xbox’s mass layoffs and industry-wide studio closures.
NewsAPI | Sep 23, 2026 | Virginia Glaze
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Double Fine founder Tim Schafer says he no longer “understands the economics” of game development following Xbox’s mass layoffs and industry-wide studio closures. It’s a rough time to be a game developer. I really don’t, because people are playing games, and people are making money, so I don’t know why there’s a big loss of jobs. But in indie games, there’s no guarantee of being not… not laid off, but out of money after you ship your game.
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