Unity Technologies, which provides game development engines and advertising networks for smartphone apps, announced on January 8, local time, that it will carry out a large-scale layoff of approximately 1,800 employees.
Unity provides the world’s No. 1 game development engine, and many games are developed using the Unity engine.
However, in September last year, the company suddenly changed its policy regarding usage fees, causing controversy, and some people questioned the soundness of its management.
After that, CEO John Riccitiello resigned, and it was thought that the organization was trying to reorganize, but the latest announcement also talked about “concentrating on core businesses,” which seems to be part of improving the management structure. .
In addition to games, Unity is also suitable for creating Metaverse content that combines 3D modeling, and it was expected to grow as an engine in line with the excitement of the Metaverse, but it seems that it has not achieved the expected growth. .
The main source of sales has previously been the advertising field, and it is likely that the company will focus on that, but this field is crowded with major companies such as Meta (Facebook), Google, and AppLovin, so expanding its market share will not be easy.
Game developers are constantly worried about how long they can continue to stably develop games using the Unity engine.
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