Xbox confirms plans to lay off 3,200 workers over next year
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Xbox already reaches around one billion players each year, but turning that into one billion every day is an entirely different challenge.
In the wake of mass layoffs at Xbox and several studios exiting the company, Microsoft’s gaming division has outlined it plans for growth. Some of these plans include a focus on its biggest IP, investing more in games like Minecraft,
The recent layoffs at Microsoft, including deep cuts at Xbox, impacted 4,800 people across the business. One of the staffers let go was Kevin LaChapelle, a 37-year Microsoft veteran who helped bring to market one of the best,
True to form, Xbox’s new strategy is seemingly “you can’t make an omelet without taking a bulldozer to the chicken coop.” The full-scale Xbox “reset,” as described by CEO Asha Sharma, led the company to ax 1,
Following the announcement that Xbox will cut its workforce by 20%–with 1,600 employees already laid off in the first wave of retrenchments–Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has detailed plans for the company to reach an absurd number of people every day.
The huge layoffs across multiple studios has Xbox trying to "reset" their entire business model, but there approach will have lasting impact.
Much ink has been spilled already about what the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox means for the future of Microsoft’s gaming business, including by its own leaders. One thing that’s becoming clear is that even as the company retreats into its biggest blockbuster franchises,
Sega threw in the towel when it was getting beaten in the game console market. The Xbox is sitting in a similar spot now, and Microsoft has big decisions to make.
Microsoft's latest Xbox layoffs show the pressures facing one of gaming's biggest names and how the new CEO plans to change course.
