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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Deep cuts at Xbox Europe as Nadella swings axe

DerNebel on 18 July 2014
endimion said:
Wait why people compare that to Sony... MS is in the green and has absolutely no financial difficulties it's doing better than it did before 2008... Sony is absolutely not in the same context they are in fact under extreme economic pressure..

Xbox in Europe is definitely not doing better than in 2008, just saying...



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endimion on 18 July 2014

Lol and ??? We are talking about MS... Xbox could be loosing 10bn and MS would still be performing better than Sony is right now from a financial stand point.... Comparing the two is just silly however you try to spin it with their different divisions..



generic-user-1 on 18 July 2014
endimion said:
Lol and ??? We are talking about MS... Xbox could be loosing 10bn and MS would still be performing better than Sony is right now from a financial stand point.... Comparing the two is just silly however you try to spin it with their different divisions..

well, m$ has smartphones and tabs too now.  and they try to get into content creating.



Burek on 18 July 2014

Wow, Nadella is really laying it onto XBox. See what happens when you're deemed non-core... I guess they themselves don't have much hope in Tier 2 countries...



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 18 July 2014

As long as they dont touch the good Windows developers, I am fine



                  

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Aura7541 on 18 July 2014

Looks like Europe has turned into a 2nd "Japan". X1 is a lost cause in that continent...



plip.plop on 18 July 2014

From everything I read, when Microsoft acquired Nokia, they also gained 25k employees. To think they were not going to send hatchet men in, and restructure a company that they acquired to to align with their vision is being silly. They effectively cut Nokia's employees in half, getting rid of mostly redundant jobs. The bigger story is where are the cuts coming from for the 5.5k? If this was doom, and gloom, their stock would not have enjoyed a bump. All companies over time get too big, and need to trim the fat. On that note, good luck to all those affected by this, and hopefully all find work soon.



DerNebel on 18 July 2014
endimion said:
Lol and ??? We are talking about MS... Xbox could be loosing 10bn and MS would still be performing better than Sony is right now from a financial stand point.... Comparing the two is just silly however you try to spin it with their different divisions..

We're talking about the lay offs and I told you that those apparently 75% of the European Xbox team in Reading weren't laid off because everything's fine and dandy with the X1. There's no need to get so defensive over it (cause funny enough I never even mentioned Sony), Xbox isn't doing well in Europe so things get restructured and people have to go, period.



kumagawa on 18 July 2014
kitler53 said:

OT - i don't even know what this means...

"A source told MCV last night that as many as 75 per cent of full time Xbox EMEA roles in Reading were being cut"

roles in reading means what?   is that like staff to do game localization? marketing?  ..guys paid to sit around and enjoy huck fin?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire

It's the location.



Machiavellian on 18 July 2014
BillyBong said:
walsufnir said:
How many threads about the same topic will rise?


as long as new articles about the impact/extension of these cuts keep popping up? 

 

edit.. don't also want to derail the thread, but just read an interesting article about MS possibly losing it's billion dollar android safety net.  apparently the patents MS claims to have over android are weak.. allowing android device manufacturers to reconsider their licensening agreements with MS.

"it was revealed that only 21% of Microsoft’s patents was classified as commercial while 79% was classified as non-commercial. This implies that only a fifth of these patents was relevant, as non-commercial patents have little chance of being licensed and lack market relevance. Also, there are at least 11,000 expired patents from the Android innovation space and another 14,000 from the abandoned Android innovation space. It is believed that companies can now find free alternatives to the Microsoft licensing package.companies which have patents

Moving on to the 127 patent agreement Microsoft holds, even more surprising results were unearthed. At least 40 of Microsoft’s Android patents were proceeded by patents from other companies, which were not mentioned by Microsoft. This finding casts a shadow of doubt over the remaining patents as well. Companies such as Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) and Panasonic Corporation (ADR) (OTCMKTS:PCRFY) had previously signed licensing agreements with Microsoft.

According to previous estimations Microsoft’s licensing fee revenues could soar to as much as US$8.8 billion by 2017. That now seems unlikely as the next few years will see several legal and business challenges to Microsoft’s Android patent portfolio. There are enough evidences suggesting that several companies, including the largest payer Samsung, are all set to oppose Microsoft’s licensing deals both legally and commercially."

http://www.dazeinfo.com/2014/07/17/microsoft-corporation-msft-android-patent-earnings-challenges-china/#ixzz37oN2EBAC

just seems like a domino effect taking place with MS..

Just making a guess but not sure if anyone really cares about MS android patents.  Its not game related and its not like MS is hard up for money.  Anyway, couldn't you just have created another thread for that info.