cited sources saying employees at Starfield developer Bethesda Softworks and Halo studio 343 Industries will also be let go. Xbox principal engineer Gary Waliczek also said in a since-deleted tweet that gaming divisions will be impacted.
"These are the kinds of hard choices we have made throughout our 47-year history to remain a consequential company in this industry that is unforgiving to anyone who doesn’t adapt to platform shifts," Nadella said.
Not only Spencer should be sacked but also Nadella should get the sack! The worst two to come to Microsoft and Xbox as a whole in a long shot!
Well, when your paid to develop and produce games and you just can't do that maybe its for the best. Although I think they should start firing people at the top of Xbox but sooner or later they'll reach that decision on their own.
Every company do the same ..nothing new
That bad for future games.
This is good news for Bethesda and 343 and it's amazing that Microsoft is only cutting 10k jobs. Anyone complaining about this has no idea about the industry. Hell, anyone complaining has no idea about business at all.
Because S mode sucks
Dumb. Just take those same employees and make a new studio from the ground up. Wasted talent. Imagine have a bunch of game developer talent that could help Xbox only to just lay them off instead.
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Laying off 10k people during this acquisition shows how its never been about 'saving/building better' studios like Acti/Bliz from Bobby Kotick. Its just about IP gain. ABK acquisition would bring more layoffs.
They have to cut cost because the deal is being blocked. End of the day the choices they made as a company likely cost the world Esports and better gaming experiences in the future.
All these companies taking after Elon's lead. That's a good thing.
that was to be expected, when companys merge there are always many positions already existing in the bigger one.
I'm mostly concerned for Bethesda... Elder Scrolls 6 and all that...
Not a good look considering their 69 billion acquisition ...
As usual, execs taking double figure millions in bonus' while laying off tens of thousands of employees. The 1% keeps going
Just like Twitter, without much publicity.
The usual - increase in dividends coupled with layoffs.
But why?