Sony Computer Entertainment America has laid off 30 full-time members of the company's Quality Assurance department. SCEA explained to
Gamasutra that its San Francisco-based first-party QA group had been consolidated and moved to San Diego. The company would not comment on the 100 or so contract positions reportedly affected by the reorganization, as noted by
Kotaku.
Sony is currently on
the long road back to profitability -- expect some unfortunate bumps along the way.
Source --
SCEA Consolidating First-Party Quality Assurance [Gamasutra]
Source -- Dozens of Tester Jobs Affected in Sony QA Consolidation [Kotaku]
SCEA consolidates first-party QA, 30 let go originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
