The Increasing Average Age of Employees in the Game Industry

TapTechNews July 29th news, according to the analysis of public data from Ubisoft, Capcom, Nintendo, International Game Developers Association, etc. by GameFile, the average age of employees in the game industry is increasing year by year.

Data shows that since 2001, the average age of employees in these companies has been increasing. Among them, the average age of Nintendo's Japanese employees has exceeded 40 years old for the first time, while the average age of Ubisoft employees in 2024 is 35.6 years old. This means that in this industry known for its youthful vitality, older-generation game developers are playing an increasingly important role.

It is worth noting that the reason why there are relatively few 20-year-old employees in Ubisoft may be related to their classification method of employees: Ubisoft divides employees into different age groups instead of providing the age of each employee. TapTechNews noticed that according to the statistics of Ubisoft employees, the number of employees in the 20-year-old age group has decreased significantly, with 2000 people leaving. The number of employees in the 30-year-old age group has decreased slightly, with only 300 people leaving. In addition, the number of employees in the 40-year-old and 50-year-old age groups has increased.

The increase in the average age of employees in the game industry is a phenomenon worthy of attention. How to balance the strength of the three generations of developers, the old, the middle-aged and the young, will be a problem that game companies need to think about.