idk why people celebrate layoffs like this when the people actually responsible for the shitty games you hate aren't going anywhere and all get bonuses
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Dumbass reactionaries who are also too stupid to stop buying the same game over and over again.
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>too stupid to stop buying the same game over and over again. In case you haven't noticed the layoffs and massive financial losses everywhere, they stopped buying years ago.
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Companies layoff all their staff even when games are successful which btw Halo has sold pretty well, its about profits for the executives
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The CEO of Xbox was forced to resign.
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Phil Spencer retired, the president resigned. Dipshits at Microsoft put their AI CEO in charge because the people in charge of these things see it as a magic money machine.
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"Retired" is a polite way of saying "let go".
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Xbox has been a complete failure over the last decade at least no argument from me there, but Microsoft is the hand on the scale and has been not only for Xbox but also in their role a publisher in many other series. Spencer was in senior leadership during Xbox best days
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Replying to @FactCzar @coreybrickley
Spencer's problem, along with ALL OF MICROSOFT, is that they have been far too nice to developers for far too long. They took the criticism that they were "The Man" to heart, and let the creatives run wild with unlimited money. They followed your advice: youtube.com/watch?v=2BZBoBAZ…

Why Xbox Studios Keep Failing: The Freedom Trap

The dream is to give studios total creative freedom, so they can ma...

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Aug 6, 2026 · 3:33 PM UTC

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Replying to @Daniel86Cycles @coreybrickley
This person was producer on titles with mixed success, ironically her main talking point is criticizing MGS's culture while building her career on their massive success at a time when that culture was producing the best games of the studios history, she is job searching here.
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