I don't think people understand the absolute jeopardy X Box exists in as business unit. 3200 jobs is a lot, but it is a drop in the ocean to what this business faces if it cant turn things around in the next 5 years. You cant tell the edict has been handed down by Microsoft, Asha has been pretty open and honest about it. The free ride is over, the powers have demanded X Box return to profitability and do it quickly - "History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them". Microsoft has told them your existence is not guaranteed because you have existed for nearly 30 years. John is on the Q&A podcast lamenting id software losing a large part of it's workforce. id will probably be assigned to help Bethesda push out the next Elder Scrolls (hence the coders gone), because they need that to be huge, and if its not huge and none of their games or hardware turns out to sell hue like what's happened for the past 10 years as their spreadsheets have spiralled out of control - Microsoft will sell off what they can, and close the rest. I think X Box has been given 5 years, the 3200 is to stem the bleeding that buys them the 4 after that.
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Re: Xbox Layoffs Announced: 1600 Now, 1600 More into 2028, Four Studios Leave and id Software Reportedly Gutted
I don't think people understand the absolute jeopardy X Box exists in as business unit. 3200 jobs is a lot, but it is a drop in the ocean to what this business faces if it cant turn things around in the next 5 years. You cant tell the edict has been handed down by Microsoft, Asha has been pretty open and honest about it. The free ride is over, the powers have demanded X Box return to profitability and do it quickly - "History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them". Microsoft has told them your existence is not guaranteed because you have existed for nearly 30 years. John is on the Q&A podcast lamenting id software losing a large part of it's workforce. id will probably be assigned to help Bethesda push out the next Elder Scrolls (hence the coders gone), because they need that to be huge, and if its not huge and none of their games or hardware turns out to sell hue like what's happened for the past 10 years as their spreadsheets have spiralled out of control - Microsoft will sell off what they can, and close the rest. I think X Box has been given 5 years, the 3200 is to stem the bleeding that buys them the 4 after that.