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

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smroadkill15 said:

curl-6 said:

I mean, the fact they're shutting down studio after studio and laying off thousands of thousands of workers doesn't suggest that their business model is sustainable.

These 9000 layoffs were global wide across the entire company. If it was only Xbox, I would agree, but it wasn't. Xbox just had it's best quarter in gaming and was profitable. We already know MS is investing heavily into AI and these layoffs are happening the same time this is happening. We know MS wants to save money with AI by cutting jobs. This was always going to happen, no matter how successful Xbox was. 

Many of the layoffs were at Xbox; the Initiative shut down, half of Turn 10 gone, Blizzard, High Moon, Compulsion, Undead Labs, etc.

If Gamepass were really so amazing and successful, there wouldn't be so many devs on the chopping block, they would have cut jobs elsewhere.