Xbox has become infamous in the industry when it comes to layoffs. More so than any other massive gaming corporation, the console developers have sliced through their staff with record numbers, putting up stats previously unforeseen until this year. Aiming to keep costs down, their methods seem to have shifted a bit.
As reported by The Seattle Times, Microsoft is now offering over a quarter of its staff buyouts, allowing them to jump ship for a lump sum, a larger plan to cut costs. This practice works identically to layoffs in all but name, at least offering newly jobless staff a small bonus to land on their feet. With XBOX's reputation finally slowly recovering, these wider Microsoft plays cast a shadow over the recent successes of the company as a whole.
Cutting Out the Little Guy
XBOX's struggle to reclaim a niche in the gaming space has been well documented over the last console generation, with their attempts at opening up cloud gaming and removing XBOX from any one console backfiring. When people think of an XBOX, they want a console they can play, and it feels like Microsoft is only now remembering that fact.
In turn, the company has...
