In today’s Daily Fix:
Microsoft has announced an additional 650 staff have been layed off from its games division. Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that no studios were closed during this round of layoffs, and that those affected would be receiving severance packages. This brings the number of laid off Microsoft staff to around 2,500 this year, following a massive 1,900 reduction in its workforce earlier, including the closure of studios Arkane Austin and Tango GameWorks (the latter of which was picked up by KRAFTON). In other news, the PS5 received a software update bringing new party features and controller charging options. This comes on the heels of the reveal of the PS5 Pro (and its bank-busting price). And finally, Tony Hawk is teasing something related to the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 25th anniversary, and confirmed he’s had discussions with Activision. Maybe we’ll finally see the Pro Skater 3 + 4 collection finally drop.
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Xbox are very greedy to the point they don’t even hide it anymore to the public
Phil has single handedly destroyed the Xbox brand
It’s actually a crime that people are so biased into only talking about Xbox in specific ways that stories like this are just sweeped away.
Literally no one out here talking about the massive layoffs and the 600 series x they just launched.
Everyone’s yapping about bungie still like wtf?
Guess who had a ton of stock buybacks a few days later
Welcome to the US job market
650 people lacked diversity and inclusion
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Another THPS? Yes, please.
Laid off HR staff, NOT devs !!!
Well how difficult its been to try and play 2 player game couch coop its actually broken and makes me watch shove it up gates greedy arse
Great Stuff, as always.
All signs that mean its time to say goodbye to x box
Sony will do the same soon.
It's no surprise. It's been over for Xbox since 2013.
People got fired not the first time won’t be the last.
Ms really is the industry killer😂😂
They should be laying off all of the Indian support employees who are hacking you at the same time 😅
lol no the merger won’t effect anyone. Microsoft should be held accountable!!! It’s ridiculous. They raise prices and lay off people left and right. And we don’t have anymore or better games because of anything they’ve done. This is why Sony hasn’t been doing worth a crap because they have zero competition! Pathetic mega corporations shouldn’t run anything.
Phil Spencer's annual bonus needs to come from somewhere, right?
Xbox no games, close more studios, Your boy Phil is the Sauron of gaming.
and this is bad for ps. no competition equals to bad games
Outside the US the redundancy packages will be different. What they mean is "we will do the absolute legal minimum required of us in every jurisdiction"
This is how the gaming industry works!!! after a movie is filmed, all of the staff who worked on that movie no longer work on that movie anymore. They move on to other companies to make more movies. It’s exactly the same with games. Who are the Karen developers bitching and moaning?!
Here we are, and people who were criticizing the path these companies were taking were labeled as "haters".
Phil Spencer continues his meteoric fall to the top.
Can't wait for IGN's next softball sit down interview with him where all the layoffs and general mismanagement will be conveniently glossed over.
When will they fire Phil Spencer?
🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️…that sucks…family incomes/livelihoods out the window…thats how they provided for themselves and their families and now it's gone. Big Business Has No Heart
Now they will hire a group of people with colored hair, absurd behavior and mood sewing. Like other studios.
Hahaha all digital, all AI designed… lazy humans are gonna kill their own jobs
Make online play free again
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