shyt is disgusting.
Microsoft is laying off 1900 people across its Xbox, Activision and Zenimax teams
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shyt is disgusting.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
nikkas thought all those old IPs would be getting revived 
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Only a matter of time until AI replaces themWell, I'm happy that my friends @The Mad Titan @MeachTheMonster and @Leasy were not laid off by MS seeing as they're still here doing damage control. Life is all about the small blessings
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Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
They are still going…
AStrangeName
Member of Snitch Syndication
Gizmo, my brotha, you can't post something like this because people are manifesting for this to happenThey’re gonna buy sega and palworld devs next
Johanna ain’t gon do shyt
I think it says a lot about the state of the industry that people turned to a mega merger as some sort of savior to the monopolies we have. This is an industry where market leaders can become entrenched and are easily able to enact anticompetitive practices to keep their dominance.
Gamers knew these sorts of mergers are problematic but some consumers were tired of the lack of competition and wanted anything to save them. When you have companies so dominate in a field that they can do whatever they want with no checks and balances it's not good for consumers as a whole.
It is very unfortunate that Microsoft is the only alternative. Many of us would love someone else to step in and take a shot at it. Unfortunately that's not going to happen. The bigger players see better opportunities in PC and mobile or with streaming. In fact we're getting to the point where Microsoft sees it that way too. Any other company entering this industry now will be starting from a weaker position than Microsoft and with much less runway before the console business as a whole begins to scale down.
I think ultimately we're stuck with two companies heading the two main sectors of consoles that only answer to themselves. They can enact whatever policies they want and there's no one to keep them honest.
Gamers knew these sorts of mergers are problematic but some consumers were tired of the lack of competition and wanted anything to save them. When you have companies so dominate in a field that they can do whatever they want with no checks and balances it's not good for consumers as a whole.
It is very unfortunate that Microsoft is the only alternative. Many of us would love someone else to step in and take a shot at it. Unfortunately that's not going to happen. The bigger players see better opportunities in PC and mobile or with streaming. In fact we're getting to the point where Microsoft sees it that way too. Any other company entering this industry now will be starting from a weaker position than Microsoft and with much less runway before the console business as a whole begins to scale down.
I think ultimately we're stuck with two companies heading the two main sectors of consoles that only answer to themselves. They can enact whatever policies they want and there's no one to keep them honest.
Companies don’t sell cause they are doing great.
People blaming these layoffs on mergers or consolidation are missing the point.
The devs were in trouble BEFORE the mergers. Jobs are always lost with mergers, the point is the jobs that are left are more stable going forward.
I saw some numbers that Activision/blizzard had hired like 6000 people over the last 3 years. Even during all the merger fukkery they were hiring thousands. It sucks but microsoft’s job was quite literally to come in and manage that shyt to make it more sustainable.
Nobody is in this to make forum posters feel better. Bottom line is always most important. It’s gotta make financial sense or it’s always gonna be a “no”
Microsoft delivers over $7B in gaming revenue during Q2, barely mentions almost 2,000 layoffs
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