Even with devs and publishers that don't die or are killed, they still lay hundreds off when a game is done. Then the studio limps along in pre-production mode on their next game for 4-5 years it seems like...
Maybe the only job stability in the industry is with indies, and... Nintendo?
But they boast the most sold video game in the history of videogames (Tetris a close-ish second), and most downloaded free mobile game, respectively. Each have player bases larger than the population of the country they're from!
Here's to hoping ms is hesitant to gut either!
Just out of curiosity, I guessed Minecraft which tracks, and Subway Surfers respectively, rather than Candy Crush Saga. Is CCS actually the most downloaded free mobile game ever?
Minecraft has sold 350 million copies. Call of duty: black ops a measly 43 million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_gam...
Given the mobile thing mentioned also, it's most likely to be Activison (which has been acquired by Microsoft).
Pretty sure it was the biggest at the time at least.