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[Bernoulli]

Xbox employees are now bracing for what’s next, as it seems unlikely that we’ve seen the last of Microsoft’s gaming layoffs and cutbacks. There are whispers among employees that core Xbox Game Studios are set for cutbacks next.

Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil

Xbox employees are bracing for what follows more layoffs.

www.theverge.com

 

[LordOfChaos]

Posted a few minutes earlier

Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151814/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-strategy-changes-arkane-tango Just hours after learning that Microsoft was shutting down a number of game studios this week, Dinga Bakaba, head of Microsoft-owned Arkane Lyon, decided to let the company know how he felt about...

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[RoboFu]

Tbh they need it most.

 

[nani17]

We need an Xbox megathread at this point

 

[Dacvak]

 

[Bernoulli]

We need an Xbox megathread at this point

like during the FTC leaks it's better to have one for each news we can't discuss all of the on one

 

[AJUMP23]

when you don't preform you get cut.

 

[feynoob]

He destroyed Xbox. What a man.

 

[Ozriel]

You guys certainly get creative with these thread titles

 

[SneakersSO]

Yup.

Nothing I have seen or heard indicates that the restructuring is anywhere near done. More studios are going to be closed.

 

[Bernoulli]

Yup.

Nothing I have seen or heard indicates that the restructuring is anywhere near done. More studios are going to be closed.

do you have any news on the 3rd party xbox branded consoles?

 

[Fart Knight]

Damn, not Core Design!

 

[TransTrender]

We need an Xbox megathread at this point

*Deathwatch

 

[SneakersSO]

do you have any news on the 3rd party xbox branded consoles?

Based on what I have heard, I don't necessarily believe that Xbox HW has a guaranteed future. Teams are working and making designs and plans, sure, but it sounds like that is very much in the air.

Launching hardware costs a fuck ton of money, and it sounds like they are trying to cut costs to the bone.

 

[Vyse]

This is seriously happening with many corporate entities across Healthcare, Tech and Finance. I’m in Helathcare and layoffs have been going on all year.

 

[Aguero9320]

This is seriously happening with many corporate entities across Healthcare, Tech and Finance. I’m in Helathcare and layoffs have been going on all year.

Don’t let reality get in the way - this is all Phil fucking Spencer, and you know it

 

[Punished Miku]

Based on what I have heard, I don't necessarily believe that Xbox HW has a guaranteed future. Teams are working and making designs and plans, sure, but it sounds like that is very much in the air.

Launching hardware costs a fuck ton of money, and it sounds like they are trying to cut costs to the bone.

Only thing I wanted was a pivot to open hardware. So I'm sure that's doomed now lol.

 

[XXL]

Based on what I have heard, I don't necessarily believe that Xbox HW has a guaranteed future. Teams are working and making designs and plans, sure, but it sounds like that is very much in the air.

Launching hardware costs a fuck ton of money, and it sounds like they are trying to cut costs to the bone.

100%.

I said this when they announced plans for new hardware at the business event.

Plans are just plans, there are always plans floating around corporations and most of them don't even come to fruition.

Ideas are cheap, reality is expensive.

 

[M1chl]

Just kill of the 303 or how are they called, this is the type of studios, which needed to be put down long time ago.

 

[Bkdk]

Seems like MS will cut back till only 2 or 3 AAA teams left and focus on them with much stricter oversight. MS did try to give many teams freedom and funding to develop and most have failed to deliver a quality product. Shows you how capable and strong leadership is actually important. MS gaming lacks leadership like this.

 

[LordCBH]

Rest in Piss, 343.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Yup.

Nothing I have seen or heard indicates that the restructuring is anywhere near done. More studios are going to be closed.

I’ll take a few RROD to go back to the 360 . What a fucking waste of potential this brand is.

 

[AzekZero]

Anyone else think 343 is somehow going to come out of this culling with barely any cuts? Phil's got infinite slack for those guys.

 

[balls of snow]

What a shitshow. The abk deal was apocalyptic for the industry.

 

[SHA]

Is it 343s fault? Cause it sounds like it is.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

when are we expecting the email to be "leaked"?

 

[Mr Hyde]

MS should've closed The Initiative or Undead Labs instead of Tango. These studios haven't produced shit in god knows how many years.

 

[DavJay]

Nice knowing you ninja theory and rare

 

[THE DUCK]

Nice knowing you ninja theory and rare

Nah, somebody loves rare, plus doesn't sea of theives actually make ms money?

 

[bender]

A friend of my who is a studio head sent me a clip of the Team's call he had with Phil this morning.

 

[LordCBH]

MS should've closed The Initiative or Undead Labs instead of Tango. These studios haven't produced shit in god knows how many years.

Don’t worry. Both will end up closing within 5 years.

 

[MikeM]

So many missed opportunities with the IP they are sitting on.

 

[Pop]

Yup.

Nothing I have seen or heard indicates that the restructuring is anywhere near done. More studios are going to be closed.

343i right???

That team should have been dissolved years ago

 

[YeulEmeralda]

343i right???

That team should have been dissolved years ago

Is Halo dead/on a hiatus? Haven't heard anything about a new Halo project.

 

[phant0m]

Nah, somebody loves rare, plus doesn't sea of theives actually make ms money?

Yeah Rare ain’t going anywhere

 

[SneakersSO]

Is Halo dead/on a hiatus? Haven't heard anything about a new Halo project.

There is a new one in dev in UE.

One of these days i'm gonna speak more in-depth on just how the issues MS has in their corporate culture and with certain policies will always ensure some of their most important teams suffer from the same problems no matter what they do.

 

[Kumomeme]

they need to fire Phil Spencer foremost for his incompetency

 

[Daneel Elijah]

There is a new one in dev in UE.

One of these days i'm gonna speak more in-depth on just how the issues MS has in their corporate culture and with certain policies will always ensure some of their most important teams suffer from the same problems no matter what they do.

Please make a new thread for it then. A lot of us would love to hear about it. I hope that I will not miss it.

 

[Panajev2001a]

MS should've closed The Initiative or Undead Labs instead of Tango. These studios haven't produced shit in god knows how many years.

"You know, one of the things I really love about the gaming industry is it's a creative art form, and it means that the situation and what successes for each game in the studio is also really unique. There's no one-size-fits-all to it for us. And so we look at each studio and each game team, and we look at a whole variety of factors when we're faced with making decisions and trade tradeoffs like that. But it all comes back to our long-term commitment to the games we create, the devices we build, the services, and ensuring that we're setting ourselves up to be able to deliver on those promises."

 

[DavidGzz]

This is seriously happening with many corporate entities across Healthcare, Tech and Finance. I’m in Helathcare and layoffs have been going on all year.

Nah, logic?! Let the fanboys have their fun and let Phil be their punching bag. They have nothing else going in their lives.

 

[kensama]

For me we will heard the closure of "The Initiative"

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Nah, logic?! Let the fanboys have their fun and let Phil be their punching bag. They have nothing else going in their lives.

Jesus, man. Gaslight of the year.

By the way, how many 70 billion acquisitions have made those companies?

 

[Panajev2001a]

Nah, logic?! Let the fanboys have their fun and let Phil be their punching bag. They have nothing else going in their lives.

Stop projecting .

 

[MethodRed]

Xbox cut advertising funding and all gaming websites are mad. NeoGAF becoming a Xbox complaining blog

 

[Negotiator101]

He destroyed Xbox. What a man.

June 9th.

 

[BlackTron]

Nah, logic?! Let the fanboys have their fun and let Phil be their punching bag. They have nothing else going in their lives.

Except PS5 game launches

 

[BlackTron]

Xbox cut advertising funding and all gaming websites are mad. NeoGAF becoming a Xbox complaining blog

Translation: Xbox news now being reported at face value because the floodgates are no longer being propped up with money

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

• Spend $80 billion buying out some of the biggest video game publishers.
• Go through months of public investigations to prove you're not monopolizing the industry.
• As soon as the acquisitions are approved, cut through the studios with a hacksaw and let go large parts of the talent you acquired.
• Do the same for your internal teams.
• Retain ownership of the IP but now no one in their right mind wants to work with you anymore.
• ?????
• Profit!

I sincerely hope Sony, Nintendo and other publishers hire the lion's share of talent to leave Microsoft so that they are unavailable to work on MS' IP, and instead become an asset to its competitors.

 

[DavidGzz]

Except PS5 game launches

You'd never know it with all the threads lol

 

[BlackTron]

You'd never know it with all the threads lol

Lol it's not like it's a different thread all for the same thing. We are talking about distinct news and events.

"Microsoft did something dumb again"

"Well that's your fault for noticing."