Industry and Video game layoff thread |OT| Any future layoff info please place in here.

[Alabtrosmyster]

They should be way more. Activision Blizzard were 17000 last year and Zenimax over 2300 back in 2023. That's around 20K people themselves. Then you have to include MGS and the rest of Xbox gang plus probably other studios more or less recently acquired.

They must be way more than 22000 people.

That's what the article says, maybe that was before the ABK acquisition.

 

[Yurinka]

That's what the article says, maybe that was before the ABK acquisition.

Yes, 22000 people people without counting ABK makes sense.

 

[Jim Ryan]

 

[ultimateFF]

BIG Ooof moment. Wonder how ResetERA's going to try censoring or downplay this news.

How many of these are from the Xbox side in particular, and from what areas (software, hardware etc.), vs. how many are from the other branches of Microsoft Gaming. Would give a clue as to the direction things are really going in over there.

Montresor being unbanned and start preaching again (won't lie he made some banger posts too ), and some of the botz shills came to this place and started preaching about that one game that will save the botz. All of them are just recipe for bad omen like this, so this is all on you, botz .

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

It doesn't matter how big the company is, if you don't need the services of an employee... Well you don't need them.

 

[AllBizness]

Sad to see this happen but will be great for Microsoft's stock price, I'm going to buy a PS5 Pro with the gaines. Thanks Microsoft.

 

[Evilms]

 

[Bryank75]

Anyone concerned that certain people in the media were sitting on this news?

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

These things are not mutually exclusive, maybe when he was presented with the plans MS had for Blizzard he decided that their vision sucks and he changed his mind about the long haul.

Or he said this to have some leverage when negotiating his severance package.

 

[xollowsob]

This is tranche 1; lay off the executive suite and senior managers.

Tranche 2 will be middle managers

Tranche 3 will be developers and boots in the ground.

15,000 will be gone by April.

 

[Bryank75]

It's a bloodbath and there's loads more to come.

Told y'all

 

[Luffy123]

Anyone concerned that certain people in the media were sitting on this news?

very obvious time related drop from Tom Warren of all people...

 

[Gediminas]

Anyone concerned that certain people in the media were sitting on this news?

Completely nothing new in corporate world. Especially in corrupt one.

 

[nongkris]

It's crazy how we live in a world completely controlled by these psychopathic megacorps and we can't do anything about it while they keep us distracted with social media/Netflix/ and gaming.

Automation is their ultimate end goal to make us all unemployed while they continue getting richer.

 

[Plextorage]

Goal is 1 AAA game every quarter

 

[GameCritic]

Wow, so they acquire Blizzard / Activision then fire people...I thought Bobby Kotick left LOL

 

[GameCritic]

Anyone concerned that certain people in the media were sitting on this news?

Exactly they must have known, the timing of the Xbox Direct etc now makes sense bring hype to xbox, improve stock holding then boom fire people. Very very suspect all round.

 

[voke]

reeeeee ABK merger thread "this is going to be great for employees, they all want this to go thru. We need to save them from Kotick"

 

[Nhomnhom]

It's crazy how we live in a world completely controlled by these psychopathic megacorps and we can't do anything about it while they keep us distracted with social media/Netflix/ and gaming.

Automation is their ultimate end goal to make us all unemployed while they continue getting richer.

If they were at least competent, fine I guess, but they are just massively corrupt and immoral. A worthless dirt bag like Phil Spencer shouldn't be making so much money.

 

[Jim Ryan]