Cuts should occur next week and also affect sales teams; Restructuring Mira next generation of consoles
Microsoft should announce (more) a new round of layoffs in the division of Xbox Already next week, according to Bloomberg. The cuts, which should also reach other areas of the company, such as sales, mark the beginning of a broader restructuring, aligned with plans for the next generation of consoles.
Company managers have already been informed, and significant changes should occur in the distribution of Xbox in Central Europe, with the closure of operations in some regions.
Games division has been suffering
- Demissions add to a recent history of cuts in Microsoft’s game sector.
- It was about 6,000 in May, more than 300 earlier this month, and 1,900 in January 2024, after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
- Studios such as Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin, as well as 650 shutdown in September and about 1,000 cuts in Hololens and Azure teams in 2023.
As a result, Microsoft’s game industry is undergoing continuous restructuring, reflecting strategic and financial adjustments to a highly competitive and in transformation scenario.
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Other areas will also suffer cuts
It is not only in the game sector that Microsoft will perform restructuring. The company’s sales and support areas will also suffer cuts, and layoffs are expected to affect thousands of employees. Changes are part of the plans to increase AI automation. read more here.
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