Nintendo confirm contractor layoffs

Eurogamer report that amid claims of a lull in testing before the arrival of the much anticipated Switch 2 console it was reported that 120 contractor testing roles have been closed down, with an unspecified number being made into full time roles. This ‘massive downsizing’ news was reported by Kotaku, who have had word from several current and former contractors at the Washington-based games and hardware testing team of Nintendo. Nintendo themselves have since confirmed to Kotaku that is has reorganized the Product testing functions team to…