Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)

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Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.

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[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

Gift article I found online.

The part that interests me is this:

Jill Braff, head of ZeniMax studios, said in the town hall that she hoped the reorganization would allow the division, which also develops Fallout and Doom, to put more focus on fewer projects. “It’s hard to support nine studios all across the world with a lean central team with an ever-growing plate of things to do,”

Why gobble up so many studios to consolidate into a gaming megacorp, then get gobbled up yourself by Microsoft? What's the purpose of acquiring so many studios and holding onto so much IP if you can't handle them?

[-] tux@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

That was my take too. "We're spread too thin".... Then why the fuck did you buy up all these companies? Sure sounds like they just gobbled up all the good IP to hoard like a dragon on its pile of gold. Or to make sure those IPs don't make it to Sony exclusives, wish the FTC would hang them by the balls since they've basically done opposite of what they promised during the mergers.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Because CEOs are fucking idiots. So many companies do this shit, it's not just the gaming side. A company starts to grow and instead of keeping with an organic growth they buy companies over and over.