Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings
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from Hdcase@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 08 May 2024 20:31
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from Hdcase@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 08 May 2024 20:31
https://beehaw.org/post/13676863
Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative
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If it was me, I’d take the deal. They obviously don’t give a shit about even their successful teams.
Me too. The writing is on the wall, especially if you’re at a small studio working on “small” games like Ninja Theory or Double Fine.
Why are they targeting Zenimax so heavily, don’t they have 50 other acquisitions they can suck the blood from
Give it a year. Thankfully Toys for Bob was able to buy themselves out, otherwise surely they would have either been shut down or put to work in the Call of Duty mines.
Oh hey there’s that Rot Economy thing again.
Why are they “cost cutting”? Are they going broke or something?
Welp, reckon it’s time I take my happy ass down to the local used game store and sell my Xbox. Thing’s collecting dust anyway. I think I’ll get a new camera lens instead.
Wow it’s almost like buying up half the gaming industry and then producing literally nothing wasn’t a great idea.
They’re just stripping everything down to save money, as every company that ever buys another company does.
This was entirely predictable (plus, they purchase IP, not people).
Shutting down entire studios should not be a part of normal cost saving.
Agreed, but it certainly seems to be.