{"id":1732652,"date":"2026-10-27T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/WkNddDgYEeu4vyS4JYy4bn"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:01:58","slug":"you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"You just can&#8217;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve noted before on this very site, there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/foolproof-ways-to-get-laid-off-in-the-videogame-industry\/\">really is just no winning in the videogame industry<\/a>, particularly under current conditions. Make an unsuccessful game? Make the kind of game you didn&#8217;t want to make, but were pressured into? Layoffs. Make a successful game? Layoffs. Currently making a game? Believe it or not, layoffs. <\/p>\n<p>As is the case with Ghost of Y\u014dtei developer sucker punch, which has reportedly\u2014per an internal email <a href=\"https:\/\/aftermath.site\/sucker-punch-layoffs-sony-ghost-of-yotei\/\" target=\"_blank\">sent to Aftermath<\/a> and confirmations from an ex-employee to the site\u2014been hit with 24 layoffs, around a 10% reduction in staff. <\/p>\n<p>This is despite the fact that Ghost of Y\u014dtei, the studio&#8217;s most recent game, was a commercial success: It sold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.com\/en\/SonyInfo\/IR\/library\/presen\/er\/pdf\/25q2_supplement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">3.3 million copies in its opening month<\/a>, making it the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/2025-best-selling-games\/2900-6281\/\" target=\"_blank\">11th-best selling game in the US<\/a> in 2025. It continued to rake in the cash, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/sony-says-ghost-of-yotei-exceeded-the-sales-of-ghost-of-tsushima-in-the-same-period-of-time-and-significantly-contributed-to-its-financial-results\" target=\"_blank\">hopping over 5 million copies<\/a> in just a handful of months. <\/p>\n<p>The email itself reads: &#8220;After carefully observing the challenges in the market and reviewing the team needs for our next project, we&#8217;ve decided to make some staffing reductions. Several positions across Sucker Punch will be eliminated as a result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know this is a lot to take in, and we want to assure you that we did not make this decision lightly. We have given this a lot of attention and worked to support our affected colleagues during this transition as well as we can. \u2026 There&#8217;s no getting around that this is a hard day. Next week we will go into more details about the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In\u2014and I want to wrap this word up in air quotes here\u2014<em>fairness <\/em>to Sony here, challenges in the market have been absolutely miserable. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/the-ai-bubble-may-not-have-burst-yet-but-usd1-trillion-worth-of-air-appears-to-have-escaped\/\">AI bubble<\/a> has sent everything tits-up for the foreseeable future, games are getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/call-of-duty\/call-of-dutys-development-budget-ballooned-by-usd250-million-between-2015-and-2020-to-an-eye-watering-usd700-million\/\">far more expensive to make<\/a>, outpacing the prices at which they&#8217;re sold, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/after-a-massive-2021-office-expansion-bungie-is-now-trying-to-sublease-its-211-000-square-foot-headquarters\/\">Covid-19 overhiring didn&#8217;t help<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And yet, part of me thinks you should be able to make a nearly top-10 selling videogame and <em>probably <\/em>be secure in your job for, like, a year at the very least. This doesn&#8217;t smack as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/industry-vets-behind-dishonored-ultima-online-her-story-and-more-agree-the-games-industry-crisis-goes-beyond-games-ultimately-to-fix-whats-broken-in-the-videogame-industry-we-might-have-to-fix-reality\/\">a sign of a healthy industry<\/a>. Besides, it&#8217;s not like you&#8217;re seeing Sony&#8217;s executive staff taking a pay cut.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"fa878628-d20e-11f1-a403-4f0c4f91c17c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"fa878628-d20e-11f1-a403-4f0c4f91c17c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an unsuccessful game? Make the kind of game you didn&#8217;t want to make, but were pressured into? Layoffs. Make a successful game? Layoffs. Currently making a game? Believe it or not, layoffs. As is the case with Ghost of Y\u014dtei developer sucker punch, which has reportedly\u2014per an internal email sent to Aftermath and confirmations from an ex-employee to the site\u2014been hit with 24 layoffs, around a 10% reduction in staff. This is despite the fact that Ghost of Y\u014dtei, the studio&#8217;s most recent game, was a commercial success: It sold 3.3 million copies in its opening month, making it the 11th-best selling&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1732653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1732652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>You just can&#039;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As we&#039;ve noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You just can&#039;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As we&#039;ve noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-27T14:01:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"You just can&#8217;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-27T14:01:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":430,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gaming industry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PC Gamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/\",\"name\":\"You just can't win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-27T14:01:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"As we've noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":475,\"caption\":\"You just can\u2019t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"You just can&#8217;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"You just can't win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch | Arcader News","description":"As we've noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"You just can't win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch | Arcader News","og_description":"As we've noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-10-27T14:01:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"You just can&#8217;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch","datePublished":"2026-10-27T14:01:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/"},"wordCount":430,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg","keywords":["gaming industry"],"articleSection":["PC Gamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/","name":"You just can't win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-27T14:01:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"As we've noted before on this very site, there really is just no winning in the videogame industry, particularly under current conditions. Make an","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch.jpg","width":480,"height":475,"caption":"You just can\u2019t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-just-cant-win-despite-ghost-of-yotei-selling-millions-of-copies-24-people-are-reportedly-being-let-go-from-sucker-punch\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"You just can&#8217;t win\u2014despite Ghost of Y\u014dtei selling millions of copies, 24 people are reportedly being let go from Sucker Punch"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}