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The layoffs and consolidations have elicited a variety of responses from industry insiders and former journalists. Some express concern that corporate acquisitions prioritize cost-cutting over quality content. Others see the writing on the wall: traditional gaming journalism, plagued by accusations of bias and irrelevance, is becoming obsolete.
Jeffrey Russo, a former journalist from industry.biz, publicly announced his layoff, highlighting how layoffs also unveil the industry's deeper structural issues. Critics like Cecilia De Anastasio, a Bloomberg video game reporter with a background at Kotaku, lament the decline of reputable journalism and criticize the industry’s focus on activism over objective reporting.