Can a top-down, focused software strategy save Xbox? | Opinion
Xbox has undergone significant layoffs and studio closures, impacting 20% of its workforce and five internal studios, including Compulsion Games and Double Fine. This strategic shift, led by Asha Sharma, aims to address financial issues and improve first-party development, though the article questions the effectiveness of these measures and criticizes the company's past spending and treatment of developers.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Sony
- Company: Ninja Theory
- Game: DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Company: Obsidian Entertainment
- Topic: Business Strategy
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Game: South of Midnight
- Company: Activision Blizzard
- Company: Bethesda
- Company: DoubleFine
- Company: Undead Labs
- Company: Xbox
- Company: Arkane Studios
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