Microsoft is cutting 9,000 jobs across the company today, with its Xbox gaming division being affected. This will be the fourth mass layoff the company has undergone in the past 18 months.
Xbox CEO says layoffs will position Microsoft’s Gaming division for “enduring success”
Per a new report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Xbox has begun informing its various subsidiaries that it will be making job cuts to control costs. King, the makers of Candy Crush, is eliminating 10% of its employees, which amounts to roughly 200 jobs. Other studios like ZeniMax have also been impacted, while more are expected to be announced.
Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Officer Phil Spencer told Bloomberg the layoffs would “position Gaming for enduring success.”
“To position Gaming for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas, we will end or decrease work in certain areas of the business and follow Microsoft’s lead in removing layers of management to increase agility and effectiveness,” Spencer said
This news comes just a couple of days after Laura Fryer, one of the original founders of Xbox, stated she believed the company’s hardware business is “dead” and that she is “not pleased” with its recent shift.
“Obviously, as one of the founding members of the Xbox team, I’m not pleased with where things are today,” said Fryer. “I don’t love watching all of the value that I helped create slowly get eroded away. I’m sad because, from my perspective, it looks like Xbox has no desire — or literally can’t — ship hardware anymore. So, this partnership is about a slow exit from the hardware business completely. Personally, I think Xbox hardware is dead.”
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