Today was a day many were waiting for, as it was described in the journalist communities as a Microsoft bloodbath. Asha has discussed it internally as a reset for XBOX. Oddly enough, rather than it being a PR manager or a community manager behind the XBOX account, the details were given straight from Asha herself on Twitter.
There are a lot of details in this post she has made for the news. First off is the number. Today, there will be 1,600 people in the gaming side of Microsoft laid off. This includes teams across XBOX Game Studios, ZeniMax, and Activision Blizzard. The gaming side of Microsoft will see another 1,600 people cut across the financial year of 2027. The financial year of 2027 for Microsoft ends on June 30th, 2027.
The next information Asha reveals about XBOX is probably the most transparent we have seen in terms of information about this side of the business as a whole. “Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3–10x lower than comparable platforms and publishing businesses.” Essentially, the size of the gaming department of Microsoft as a whole is giant. With recent acquisitions of ZeniMax...
