Microsoft is shaking things up again—yeah, more layoffs. This time, it’s the Xbox folks feeling the heat.
Anyway, heard from Bloomberg that King and ZeniMax are also caught in this mess. Seems like a big shake-up across some other companies too. Oh, and apparently, folks in the US are about to get the news on the job front. Yikes.
Microsoft’s dropping what? Four percent of its entire workforce. Over 9,000 people! CNBC says so, and I’m just over here wondering—how does this make Xbox the superhero of gaming? Phil Spencer, the Xbox head honcho, shared some official-sounding mumbo jumbo about cutting layers and chasing success. Fourth round of layoffs in 18 months. What’s the deal? Are we creating some magical gaming utopia here?
Yeah, but hold on. Spencer’s saying something about having more players and games than ever. The whole setup’s supposedly rock-solid right now. So why the cuts then? Guess they’re playing the long game, focusing their bets on stuff with real potential. Maybe it’s about delivering stuff so epic that players will be singing Xbox songs for ages.
He admits these choices aren’t a cakewalk. He actually acknowledges the hard work from the folks losing their gigs. It’s not like they suddenly forgot how to code or something. It’s like, their creativity and dedication did bring Xbox to today’s glory. So, it’s kinda bittersweet, eh? All the hustle, then—bam, thanks but no thanks.
