Xbox would have another large series of layoffs next week

The cuts seem to continue to come to the Microsoft Games Division. A company reorganization takes place, and this should include another large series of layoffs within the Xbox team. These cuts will be confirmed next week, according to Bloomberg. Engadget contacted Microsoft to comment.

Microsoft Confirmed last month that it would dismiss about three percent of his total workforce in all teams, levels and regions in order to rationalize operations and flatten its management structure. This is equivalent to around 7,000 people who lose their jobs. By BloombergReport, Xbox managers anticipate “substantial cuts throughout the group”.

Microsoft cut 1,900 workers of its game division in January 2024, and 650 others last September. He too close Arkane Austin and Alpha Dog Games last year, while merging the Roundhouse studios in Zenimax online studios. He also closed Tango GameWorks, but Krafton – the editor of PUBG: Battlefields – acquired this studio last August.

During the first three months of this calendar year, Microsoft said a net turnover of $ 25.8 billion. He also said that his Xbox content and services revenue increased eight percent in annual sliding.