Did you guys see this:
Taken from resetera:
User Vinc was looking up data on how many layoffs happend resently at MS:
| # |
📅 Date |
🔻 Est. Layoffs |
📝 Key Notes |
| 1 |
Oct 2022 |
~600–1,000 |
Xbox, Mixed Reality, Cloud Gaming affected |
| 2 |
Late 2022 |
Hundreds (unclear size) |
Xbox support and publishing roles cut |
| 3 |
Jan 2023 |
~10,000 company-wide |
Major impact on 343 Industries, Bethesda |
| 4 |
Jan 2024 |
~1,900 |
First cuts post-Activision acquisition |
| 5 |
May 2024 |
Studio closures |
Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog shut down |
| 6 |
Sep 2024 |
~650 |
Corporate/support roles at Activision/Xbox |
| 7 |
May 2025 |
~6,000 company-wide |
Xbox/Game Pass teams hit during restructure |
| 8 |
Jul 2025 |
~9,000 company-wide |
Deepest cuts yet; Rare, Turn 10, ZeniMax, King affected. The Initiative closed, Perfect Dark, Zenimax Online project, and Everwild cancelled |
This is potentially like 28,500+ layoffs within this period of time.
That is a huge amount of people.
