Predictions, Hopes, Fears

>report: New Wave of Xbox Layoffs May Impact Up to 2,000 Jobs
>Microsoft is apparently teeing up another large swathe of layoffs which will fall heavily on the Xbox division,
>making this the fourth time that the division has been targeted for cuts since 2024.
I wish we had the exact numbers of people working at every studio.

>>714252267 (OP)
I expect 800 persons being fired
Also check this 5

is there a greater death sentence than being bought by microsoft?

No one actually makes games anymore except for Indie devs so it's not really a problem

>>714252390
On top of straight up mismanagement. Most of the time Microsoft buys already failed or at the verge of failure companies and startup.

>>714252390
funny that you mentioned it because of this article I just read
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/looming-xbox-layoffs-threaten-microsofts-reputation-opinion

>7500+ people just to make cowadoody every year

>Buy all the studios just to lay them off
This shit is worse than EA. The coof money injection shit was a huge fucking grift.

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING STUPID MUT????????
NIGGA BOUGHT HALF THE GAMING INDUSTRY TO LAY OFF PEOPLE AND SHUT DOWN A BUNCH OF STUDIOS WHILE SNOY IS IN SHAMBLES AFTER WASTING BILLIONS ON CANCELLED LIVE SERVICE SLOP
FUCKING CLOWN WORLD

Never give Microsoft any free money ever again, government. They will literally just use it to rape the industry.

>APPOINT A SHEBOON AS THE PRESIDENT OF XBOX
>XBAWKS SHITS THE BED
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???????

>blizzard
>blockbuster ip development
lmfao

we all agree that 343 must survive under all circumstances right

>>714252730
>this will kill the gamer

>>714252390
Being bough by EA.

>>714252267 (OP)
So, going by this alone
>Halo Studios
>Mojang
>The Coalition
>World's Edge
>Rare
>Playground Games
>The Initiative
>Xbox Publishing
>Bethesda
>id
>Machine Games
>Zenimax Online
>all COD studios
>some Blizzard Studios
>Kings in general
They are all safe?

>Turn 10
>Ninja Theory
These are getting gutted keeping only the needed parts?

>Obsidian Entertainment
>InXile
Getting hit with layoffs getting rid of unnecessary teams

>Double Fine
>Compulsion Games
>Undead Labs
>Xbox ATG
>Xbox Hardware Team
>Roundhouse Studios
>Arkane
>Alpha Dog
>non-COD Activision studios
These guys are getting closed down or going independent?

>>714255703
I wouldn't be so sure about Rare, id, Machine Games, Blizzard, Bethesda.
Even something like World's Edge but there are not a lot of people you can fire.
Also 343 is a meme, but they underdeliver and underperform

>>714252390
EA is a thousand times worse, when you go back and look at MS studio closures there aren't even that many and when they did shut them down there was often an obvious reason like the creative director leaving

>>714252267 (OP)
heres what i think is a decent prediction
>completely safe tier
Bethesda
Blizard
Playground games
Infinity Ward
Treyarch
Basicly all COD support studios (Beenox and High Moon might get merged)
King
id software
>wont shut down but will be heavily downsized
Turn 10
Worlds
Undead labs
The Coalition
Obsidian
Arkane
>fucked but will be safe because of EU/UK employee rights being a hassle
Machine Games
Rare
Ninja Theory
>ITS OVER
Compulsion Games
Double Fine
Roundhouse
>Should have died a dozen times over but will make it unscathed again
343i

Soft power no longer works. Whites,Asians, arabs are all being eliminated from the gene pool where only Mexicans and blacks will survive.

Everyone else is simply is dead alive.

How the fuck does this ghoulish nigga still have a job?

>>714252963
Who cares, she is cute.

Oh wow the paid indian snoy is really spamming this with excitement.

>>714257193
Ps: China will never compete in the game industry because there is no need to.

If it does it would mostly be an extra thought by the government.

It would have to be a normal push by Chinese game devs. Which I think it's probably good that it's a natural evolution rather then a government involvement type of thing.

AI can write better stories than millennial basedjaks.

>>714257687
AI doesn't write, it just stitches together random bits of stolen writing.

>>714257802
Damn, AI has been around for a lot longer than i thought then

>>714252267 (OP)

The Initiative is being closed apparently and Crystal Dynamics are finishing up the Perfect Dark reboot themselves.

Pretty embarrassing since they were meant to be Microsoft's answer to Naughty Dog

>>714257839
This image paints a clear picture, if you're not AAA or a mobile, you're fucked.
>Xbox Hardware
>Compulsion Games
>Double Fine
>InXile
>Turn 10
>Ninja Theory
>Obsidian Entertainment
>Undead Labs
They're all on the chopping block. Some of these may be going independent again others are getting gutted and moved to other teams. Reminder that Matt Booty said they only want high-impact titles.

>>714258252
>The Initiative is being closed apparently
And how do you know this?

>>714252267 (OP)
>343 Studios
>Mojang
>The Coalition
>World's Edge
>Rare
>Playground Games
>The Initiative
>Xbox Publishing
>Bethesda
>id
>Machine Games
>Zenimax Online
>all COD studios
>some Blizzard Studios
>Kings in general
Probably safe

>Turn 10
>Ninja Theory
They will be gutted, but they will likely patent useful findings.

>Obsidian Entertainment
>InXile
It will get much leaner in the future, but the brand will survive somehow.

>Double Fine
>Compulsion Games
>Undead Labs
>Xbox ATG
>Xbox Hardware Team
>Roundhouse Studios
>Arkane
>Alpha Dog
>non-COD Activision studios
Either completely gutted or going independent

>left when Xbox still had a major market position
>they still pushed out quality exclusives
>wernt porting anything to PC
at this i believe this guy could have done a better job at turning things around

>>714260694
>Arkane going independent
Yes, please

>>714252267 (OP)
>TL:DR, Microsoft’s acquisition of Ninja Theory probably cost approximately £90.3 million and subsequent investment into Ninja Theory amounted to £92.2 million.
>Total revenue during this period amounted to approximately £23 million.
25 years of not making a single CENT in the market. Biggest astroturf in gaming. M$ are retards.

>>714262867
This guy killed xbox stone dead. Xbox never had the slightest chance after him.

>>714252267 (OP)
Are they actually killing a studio? I thought it was just firing people. Hopefully they get rid of ninja theory.

>Ninja Theory
oh they were the one who made Heavenly Sword
I always thought this game was made by some former GoW devs. (according to wikipedia that game was a bit in dev hell)

Amazing, looking back at it, they tried to sell her as sexy but she was brown had no ass and no tits. For its time she was as woke as you could make a character back then.

>>714267005
I had it, it sucked honestly. I got that, lair and resistance. (I was an early ps3 adopter)

>9 am
>no news
Nothing ever happens

I am so happy Xbox is pulling out of Scandinavia. Get out of my country.

>>714260694
>Rare
>Probably safe

They haven't released anything in years but then again, they have Sea of Thieves

Hopefully they axe them for good

>spend billions on studios
>are you actually going to release any games?
>no? okay
>shut down studios
i still don't get it

>>714267072
looking at every single game of them makes me think they always tried to chase the female gamers audience, even when the game has a male character like teenage-angst-bad-boy Dantea (DmC)

good riddance

the ONLY people that need to be laid off are the entire directing staff and the DEI trannies and karens
Hire Japanese managers, don't re-hire any HR Karens and Xbox will flourish

>>714268152
Talking about Rare didn't Playtonic just go through a round of layoffs too, I don't know how they've made 2 games, I don't understand what the fuck they are doing and how they are failing so hard at it.

Welp Uncle Phil's statement is out, that was a lot of words just to say "get fucked lmao".

>>714267971
I've never once met nor heard of a likeable Scandinavian person.

>>714257802
kek good one anon

>>714268815
Japanese managers love DEI now.

>>714252267 (OP)
They're gonna fire all the White devs and replace them with Indians.

>>714267775
Aged like milk.