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.
Games Industry
- Entities
- id Software
- Microsoft
- Sony
- Ninja Theory
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Business Strategy
- Layoffs
- Compulsion Games
- South of Midnight
- Activision Blizzard
- Bethesda
- DoubleFine
- Undead Labs
- Xbox
- Arkane Studios
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