Leaked Email Exposes Why Xbox Is Unleashing Mass Layoffs Next Month

Source: International Business Times

Leaked Email Exposes Why Xbox is Unleashing Mass Layoffs Next Month Microsoft's Xbox division is preparing for major layoffs next month, with deep cuts to marketing and other budgets expected worldwide after 30 June, according to a leaked internal email. The job cuts would be the first substantial shake-up under Asha Sharma, who became chief executive of Microsoft's gaming unit in February. Xbox, once the cornerstone of Microsoft's consumer hardware ambitions, has been under pressure as its long-running push into subscriptions and cloud gaming has not made up for slowing console sales or a thin slate of blockbuster game releases.