Perfect Dark and Everwild reportedly cancelled as Microsoft lays off up to 9000

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curl-6 said:

smroadkill15 said:

I understand it's a popular time to dog pile Xbox, even if its unrelated to the layoffs, but it should be important to note this is all this devs opinion, not a fact the service is unsustainable. 

Way less 3rd party games are skipping Xbox than any previous generation. Franchises that were never on Xbox or had sparse releases are coming to the platform fully like Persona (thanks to Game Pass). Helldivers 2 is even coming to Xbox and has a good chance to be a top 10 seller on Xbox by the end of the year. 

It's not just one dev, a lot of people have voiced concern over Game Pass, from Larian's Michael Douse, to Jumpship's Dino Patti.

MS themselves have admitted in the Activision merger case that Game Pass cannibalizes sales: https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-admits-game-pass-cannibalizes-sales

There are also mang devs who have praised Game Pass. More than any concerned voices. 

I'm not saying Game Pass doesn't cannibalize sales, it obviously does depending on the game, but that is the trade off for devs getting a paycheck to put their games on the service. 

What does this have to do with Xbox's layoffs?