r/microsoft • u/Shipsinthenite • Jan 25 '24

Microsoft cutting nearly 2k gaming jobs a year after acquiring Activision for $69 billion. Xbox

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-25/microsoft-cuts-1-900-jobs-in-gaming-including-at-activision?srnd=premium

Oof. Hope this doesnt delay any games…

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u/GoingOffRoading Jan 25 '24

Doubtful

Layoffs after an acquisition is extremely normal:

Microsoft doesn't need all of the roles that are now duplicated:

Accounting, Finance, Legal, certain IT roles, etc

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u/skip_listless Jan 25 '24

Blizzard’s unnamed survival game has been canceled.

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u/darth_meh Jan 25 '24

The unnamed survival game is now called "Work at Blizzard."

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u/Designer-Cut2344 Jan 25 '24

I believe it was passing through many development problems and Microsoft didn't want to end up having the same results as Redfall.

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u/mikeblas Jan 26 '24

Hope this doesnt delay any games…

I guess. Me, I hope everyone lands on their feet.

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u/djblackprince Jan 25 '24

Redundant employees removed

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u/John_YJKR Jan 25 '24

Just trimming the fat.

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u/Responsible-Towel245 Jan 27 '24

Blizzard didn’t go through any layoffs last year, so this isn’t unexpected. Plus, redundant jobs in non-tech roles.

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u/Asleep_Case_3333 Jan 26 '24

Who cares about games? I want to know when Microsoft will bring back Sound Recorder, the original WMP and of course Clippy?

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u/TheJessicator Jan 27 '24

I'd take Cortana back over all of those. Likewise with Windows Phone. Except this time, include the Windows Subsystem for Android.

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u/hasanahmad Jan 25 '24

microsoft must be struggling financially....

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u/UglyForNoReason Jan 25 '24

This is sarcasm, right ?

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u/XalAtoh Jan 25 '24

You want to kick the bad Blizzard employees out...

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u/HurasmusBDraggin Jan 26 '24

Always this after mergers/buyouts 😂...when will they learn⁉️

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u/TechFiend72 Jan 28 '24

I wonder how bloated/inefficient the game studios are...

A number of AAA titles you here interviews and it sounds like the engineering teams going down all these speculative roads with aspiration ideas instead of something they can deliver and waste a lot of time/money.