--- title: Sucker Punch Productions reportedly lays off 24... description: Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch Productions has reportedly laid off 24 employees. An internal email obtained by Aftermath says the studio made 'staffing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sucker-punch-productions-reportedly-lays-off-24-employees-following-launch-of-ghost-of-y-tei-comple-d59fb5mu1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sucker Punch Productions reportedly lays off 24 employees following launch of Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition | daily.dev og:description: Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch Productions has reportedly laid off 24 employees. An internal email obtained by Aftermath says the studio made 'staffing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sucker-punch-productions-reportedly-lays-off-24-employees-following-launch-of-ghost-of-y-tei-comple-d59fb5mu1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d59FB5Mu1.png og:image:alt: Sucker Punch Productions reportedly lays off 24 employees following launch of Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sucker Punch Productions reportedly lays off 24 employees following launch of Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch Productions has reportedly laid off 24 employees. An internal email obtained by Aftermath says the studio made 'staffing reductions' after 'carefully observing the challenges in the market and reviewing the team needs' for its next project. A former employee claimed 24 people were let go. The news comes despite Yōtei's commercial success, selling 3.3 million copies in its first month and becoming Sony's largest first-party PlayStation launch in Europe, contributing to a 6% rise in Sony's digital game revenue to $4.8 billion. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Sucker Punch Productions lay off employees after Ghost of Yōtei's success? An internal email obtained by Aftermath said the studio made staffing reductions after 'carefully observing the challenges in the market and reviewing the team needs' for its next project. A former employee claimed 24 people were let go, despite Ghost of Yōtei selling 3.3 million copies in its first month and becoming Sony's largest first-party PlayStation launch in Europe. _Developers tracking layoff patterns across the games industry follow studio news like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Outgoing Ghost of Yotei studio head hopes for shorter dev cycles](https://daily.dev/posts/outgoing-ghost-of-yotei-studio-head-hopes-for-shorter-dev-cycles-3kco5z013) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sucker Punch Productions studio head is stepping down](https://daily.dev/posts/sucker-punch-productions-studio-head-is-stepping-down-5gtp2l6dm) · Game Developer · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ghost of Yotei star: 'workers need more protections' in game dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ghost-of-yotei-star-workers-need-more-protections-in-game-dev-8m6xk3sn3) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sony cuts 292 jobs at Destiny maker Bungie](https://daily.dev/posts/sony-cuts-292-jobs-at-destiny-maker-bungie-web5lk7uj) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sucker-punch-productions-reportedly-lays-off-24-employees-following-launch-of-ghost-of-y-tei-comple-d59fb5mu1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Sucker Punch Productions reportedly lays off 24 employees following launch of Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sucker-punch-productions-reportedly-lays-off-24-employees-following-launch-of-ghost-of-y-tei-comple-d59fb5mu1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sucker-punch-productions-reportedly-lays-off-24-employees-following-launch-of-ghost-of-y-tei-comple-d59fb5mu1"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T10:32:00.792Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T14:25:37.518Z","description":"Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch Productions has reportedly laid off 24 employees. 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