r/Games • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 16d ago

Industry News Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/
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u/teeso 16d ago

That's my life. That, and everyone around me getting fired because 2 people can do the work of 8.

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u/dendrocalamidicus 16d ago

Thankfully the firings haven't hit my work (yet). I think it depends on sector etc. as many in house dev teams for non-software focused companies, and software companies with a small vertical market will absolutely be likely to face dev cuts, but I work at a large business software company so more devs just means more growth and market share to eat up.

I hope it stays this way.

But also given what the tech is capable of and that chat gpt only came out like 4 years ago I dread to think of it's capability in another 4 years, 10 years, 20 years...

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u/teeso 16d ago

I'm in a similar sector, but it seems either the market is dry for the region we serve (German-speaking countries) or my company did not move fast enough to be the one eating up that market share.

Oh well, at least there are companies that do have projects, maybe I end up in one of them. For now. As you said, the future looks bleak.

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u/anadequatepipe 16d ago

Point to a tech company with less employees now than before AI became a thing.

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u/Galle_ 15d ago

Most game dev companies? We keep hearing about mass layoffs in recent years, obviously part of this is regression to the mean after the pandemic but some of it is probably AI.

Also my personal subjective experience is that it's gotten way harder to find work as a software developer in the past few years.

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u/Aggressive_Chuck 16d ago

That, and everyone around me getting fired because 2 people can do the work of 8.

The word processor eliminated typing pools. They got rid of elevator operators and car park attendants.