Opinion: Welcome to the house of pain, brought to you by Xbox
Xbox is facing significant layoffs and studio closures despite massive investments in mergers and acquisitions, including the $70 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard King. CEO Asha Sharma cited a failure to meet growth expectations for Game Pass and multi-platform strategies as reasons for the 'reset,' which has resulted in over 7,000 job cuts across the company since January 2024, with more planned.
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- Entities
- Microsoft
- Candy Crush Solitaire
- Ninja Theory
- Senua
- Business Strategy
- Alpha Dog Games
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Layoffs
- Compulsion Games
- Activision Blizzard
- Arkane Austin
- Krafton
- DoubleFine
- Undead Labs
- Xbox
- Mergers and Acquisitions
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