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Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees, or 25% of staff
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I was digging into it because that baffled me.
It looks like Unity Software provides a lot of services related to Unity and Cloud usage of the engine. I'm guessing this is a ton of consultants.
Godot is being pushed as an alternative for indie developers who likely weren't using those services. Those services are likely being used by developers making more mainstream games like Pokemon Go and Call of Duty Mobile.
Most of their employees are likely in that realm and marketing/sales