CWA criticises Sony for shuttering Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi
Union says it plans to “elevate the anti-competitive impacts of Sony’s growing monopoly […] with regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders”
The Dialog Employees of The US (CWA) has criticised Sony for closing Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi.
As Sport Developer reported, the CWA claimed the shuttering of each builders showcased that “highly-insulated online game CEOs are creating perilous working circumstances for staff by eliminating their job safety.”
The CWA moreover urged that Neon Koi’s closure resulted from Sony “furthering their monopoly place within the online game business.”
“Sony’s resolution to dissolve studios outdoors their walled-garden of PlayStation unique content material, relatively than making video games that must compete within the extremely numerous and aggressive cellular recreation market, needs to be a cautionary warning signal of Sony’s pursuits in furthering their monopoly place within the online game business,” it acknowledged.
“[The] CWA plans to lift the anti-competitive impacts of Sony’s growing monopoly and monopsony energy with the suitable antitrust regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders.”
The labour union moreover reiterated its stanc