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Shaunodon said:

Ryuu96 said:

Lol. What the fuck are you talking about? Would be cool if you actually read the thread once in a while.

1. Last year I said Phil Spencer should step down after the first mass layoffs and closures.

2. Two weeks ago when the next mass firings happened I once again said Phil Spencer should step down, I blasted him a lot and said how can he show his face to his employees, I said that he has let them down, I said that it is partially his fault for his stupidly high promises made to Satya, I said that he's going to look like a dick celebrating Xbox's 25th anniversary in 2026 after he's just slashed thousands of employees, I said that I don't really want to see him in the celebrations, I've long said that his Game Pass target of 100m+ was stupid, I said that he has broken the trust of his employees.

3. I shit talked Matt Booty a lot during the firings two weeks ago and put a ton of blame on him, I also said that he needs to be fired, multiple times, I pinned a lot of blame of the Perfect Dark situation on him, I repeatedly questioned how the fuck that happened and said anyone else would be fired, I said it was a massive fuck up on his part.

Try reading my posts next time bud, I've thrown blame at Phil, Matt and Satya.

If Xbox was run well and successful, they would be protected and the people's jobs would be protected.

This part is complete nonsense and naivety though, we know already that Microsoft Gaming is profitable, many of the studios hit are profitable, we know for a fact that Rare is profitable, we know that Zenimax is profitable, we know that King is profitable, we know that Game Pass is profitable, etc. They weren't hit by layoffs because they're unprofitable, they were hit by layoffs to make even more profits and to divert cash into AI (as confirmed by the Seattle Times, I wasn't just saying this for the sake of it, it was literally confirmed by a reputable newspaper).

And practically every American company does mass layoffs lately, despite all making huge profits, they're often planned around the start or end of a fiscal year, Microsoft is notorious for it and been doing it for years now, it wasn't just Microsoft Gaming that was hit, it has been practically every division in Microsoft, are you about to tell me that Microsoft isn't ran well and is unsuccessful? These types of layoffs are done to increase shareholder prices and bump up fiscal profits a tad more to beat previous records.

'Profitable' doesn't always mean 'successful'. If Microsoft believes those resources have a higher potential return in another division while the growth in Xbox has stagnated, why do you think they wouldn't cut their losses?

Critisicism about Xbox leadership isn't down to just one or two guys, the whole division has been clearly lacking a single person that actually undestands the current landscape. They've needed a complete cleanout for a long time now, but you always speak under the impression if they just get rid of a couple key guys, everything will suddenly smooth out again.

The only thing current Xbox leadership knows how to do is spend money and sell lies. It's been that way for two generations. Getting rid of Don for Phil didn't change that, getting rid of Phil for Sarah won't change that.

You keep talking with the short-sighted mentality that a fresh face will make a difference, what they need(ed) is an actual clue of what they're trying to sell.

Microsoft has done that to every division though, AI currently has the higher potential return in their minds and so they've made layoffs in every department, it doesn't mean they're all unsuccessful, it just means they want more money and AI is the current trend. Last year they laid off 1,500 employees from their Azure division and Azure is one of their most successful units, Lol.

Growth in Microsoft Gaming hasn't stagnated, we can see that from the recent fiscal quarters, the only thing declining is Hardware but everything else is up, sometimes even beating their projections, they've singled out Microsoft Gaming multiple times in recent quarters as being the reason for growth in profits in their overall "More Personal Computing" division which includes Windows and Devices, Windows OEM licensing, Surface, PC Accessories, HoloLens, Gaming, Search and News Advertising, etc. If Microsoft Gaming is the reason for profit growth in that area then it is not stagnating.

Also we can see from NPD's recent reports that Subscription Spending has been notably increasing every single month since CoDs inclusion into Game Pass, before that Subscription Spending had stagnated, now obviously this includes other Sub services but I think it's pretty damn safe to say that a decent chunk of it is due to Game Pass spending growth.

They're also starting their porting initiative which will result in a lot of growth, they've dominated this quarter via software as per NPD and it's almost guaranteed they're about to show a record quarter and this is without including the layoffs because the layoffs won't be calculated in Q4 as they happened at the start of the Fiscal Year therefore they will only show up in Q1.

I don't agree that every single person in the entire Gaming division is to blame and lack vision, I don't agree with firing every single executive position inside of Microsoft Gaming, a complete cleanout would just result in Satya shutting down the division, ain't no chance anyone will do that. Plenty of brilliant Xbox studios guys who could step up to the plate too, I've been an advocate of Feargus Urquhart taking over Matt Booty's position. But again, Microsoft Gaming is far from failing.

If anything, Satya will probably keep Phil and Matt around because they're yes men, he tells them to fire people to pump up the stock and save some money for AI and Phil/Matt say "How much?" without any struggle, anyone who did refuse to follow the orders of their CEO would probably end up fired anyway, and they'll likely be mass layoffs under any MS CEO because Satya is a cutthroat CEO who has been doing mass layoffs for years now.