知名遊戲記者、消息人士Reece Reilly近日分享了一位海外遊戲開發者的現狀，引發廣泛討論。據他透露，一位曾在Rockstar Games任職的員工，參與過多款重量級作品開發——包括《碧血狂殺2》《GTA》等——如今已失業超過一年，至今甚至未能獲得面試機會。
Reilly直言，當前遊戲行業正經歷一場寒冬，連擁有頂級履歷的開發者都難以找到工作。
I don't think gamers really understand how bad of a state the video game industry is in right now. The Rockstar developer I am interviewing next week has been unemployed for a year, he can't find work and this is someone who worked on L.A. Noire, RDR1, GTA V and RDR2!! Even with an impressive resume he can't even get interviews, I wasn't exaggerating when I said we are in the midst of an extinction level event of talent in the game industry.
不過，並非所有人都認同這一判斷。長期在深圳生活的海外遊戲顧問Daniel Camilo對此提出不同觀點。他表示，某些地區、某些人（哪怕是很多人）所經歷的困境，並不等同於整個行業的整體狀況。僅憑美國，尤其是美國本土就業市場的情況，就斷言全球遊戲行業正在崩潰，並不準確。
他舉例稱，在中國市場，春節過後依然有數千個遊戲行業相關崗位正在招聘。部分核心遊戲產業城市的平均薪資水平，甚至高於某些所謂的「西方市場」。雖然整體收入未必達到美國加州的水準，但生活成本也相對更低，綜合生活質量甚至更高。
此外，他還提到，拳頭公司近期裁撤了約80名參與《2XKO》項目的員工，但與此同時，該公司在中國地區仍有多個崗位持續開放招聘。
在Daniel Camilo看來，遊戲行業整體仍在增長，只是增長的重心可能並不在所有地區。市場與經濟結構的轉移正在發生，區域之間的此消彼長，才是當前行業格局變化的真實寫照。
This picture I'm sharing is from some random recruiter advertising jobs at Riot (in China, and mostly aimed at Chinese!). This is happening at the same time as Riot just laid off 80 of their staff working in 2XKO. My point with the quoted tweet and this is not to suggest people struggling to find work in gaming elsewhere should/can move to China. It's also not to say that everything is alright in the industry! My point is simply trying to provide a more ample perspective, and reminding people that whatever is happening to some (or many) in some portions of the world is not necessarily representative of all, everywhere. To look at what is happening in the gaming job market in the USA (in particular) and then claim that's a sign of a crumbling industry, simply isn't accurate. The gaming industry keeps growing. It's perhaps just not growing where YOU are, unfortunately. Market/economical shifts are a reality. (the picture shared is automatically translated. Countless posts like this for recruitment can be found online right now in the Chinese webs. The post-holiday period after the Chinese New Year is the biggest hiring season of the year)
