In video games, “we have a lot of layoffs”, despite the good health of the sector

Gamescom 2024 opens its doors in Cologne, Germany: the largest video game trade show expects 300,000 visitors. The video game industry is a major economic sector worth $200 billion, more than cinema (less than $50 billion per year). In France, video games are now the leading cultural market. But the post-Covid-19 period has slowed down the sector’s activity. As an observer, Héloïse Linossier, journalist and founding member of Origami, a media outlet specializing in video games, is on RFI’s microphone to decipher these developments.