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[Astray]

Unclear if this is part of the previously reported 650 layoffs or not. If so I'll request a merging.

EDIT: Confirmed to be separate. OP updated.



EDIT 2: Now confirmed to be part of the 650 from last week.

 

[jm89]

His saying seperate.

 

[Bernoulli]

 

[Nydius]

Appears to be a separate incident.
Beaten by jm89 !

 

[Astray]

His saying seperate.

Wow.

I bet the CWA feels foolish as fuck for supporting this deal so publicly.

 

[Hookshot]

Oooof, any idea what part of the company it is? It wasn’t the game makers before

 

[MiguelItUp]

Jesus Christ, the amount of layoffs this year have been insane.

 

[Pop]

Damn

Will anything survive Phil and his guillotine

 

[Portugeezer]

Even more, that's crazy.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Microsoft :

 

[Saber]

As I keep saying, someone would have to pay for this acquisition huge money sooner or later. I believe for them is rather easy to lay off people and be done with, since my guess is that one of their main objectives was just rob a bunch of IPs, while people are merelly disposable.

 

[Astray]

As I keep saying, someone would have to pay for this acquisition huge money sooner or later. I believe for them is rather easy to lay off people and be done with.

The combined org after the ActiBlizz merger has been loss-making for Microsoft in all the quarterly reports since closing.

The cuts will almost certainly not stop here.

 

[Saber]

The combined org after the ActiBlizz merger has been loss-making for Microsoft in all the quarterly reports since closing.

The cuts will almost certainly not stop here.

Indeed. And as I said, part of their strategy is that people working there are totally disposable. They already got what they wanted, the IPs.

 

[Nydius]

Will anything survive Phil and his guillotine

“I thought we could fire some from one of the smaller studios like Tango or Arkane…”

Phil:

 

[mayham2199]

Crazy Destin was just saying to day on unlocked that he doesn't think they are done and there will be more before the year is over. I don't think he even thought it would be this quick.

 

[DForce]

"but the games will be on Game Pass!"

 

[Jack Videogames]

Microsoft :

Like they would have that moment of clarity

 

[Branded]

The industry is on fire and I honestly don't care to be honest.

Go back to making good games instead of trying to nickle and dime your audience every step of the way.

 

[Ridicululzz]

Damn that's rough, and it's probably not the last of it

 

[Astray]

Indeed. And as I said, part of their strategy is that people working there are totally disposable. They already got what they wanted, the IPs.

Eventually this will start touching the IPs quality and sales.

 

[Bernoulli]

Eventually this will start touching the IPs quality and sales.

if they manage to drop call of duty...

 

[DeepEnigma]

Should have been 343

 

[Saber]

Eventually this will start touching the IPs quality and sales.

Already has in my opinion. I aways though they went on this aggressive acquisition for that, but I was dead wrong.
They don't care about quality. They just want a solid net profit for them, and Call of Duty(like other IPs) can provide that. Pokemon is a solid example that quality doesn't matter. Just realease a garbage low effort and cost game with new mons and boom instant money.

 

[Astray]

if they manage to drop call of duty...

People still don't grasp how much work and consistency went into making COD the juggernaut it is right now.

It's as much of a success story as the MCU's golden run, and just like the MCU it can easily become a big mess.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

old news, dejavu?!

Edit: Bruh. I Phil for Phil....must be tough to run a business for himself (especially when he doesn't have any idea how to do it)

 

[AJUMP23]

Redundancies eliminated.

 

[DJ12]

Unclear if this is part of the previously reported 650 layoffs or not. If so I'll request a merging.

EDIT: Confirmed to be separate. OP updated.

All the while The Initiative, the so called super dev team remain untouched, despite them being so shite development work has been outsourced.

Someone **cough** Phil **cough** is running Microsoft Gaming as a personal vanity project.

 

[Bernoulli]

People still don't grasp how much work and consistency went into making COD the juggernaut it is right now.

It's as much of a success story as the MCU's golden run, and just like the MCU it can easily become a big mess.

they put almost all the studios to support every COD
any lay off is going to impact it

 

[Yoboman]

Wow.

I bet the CWA feels foolish as fuck for supporting this deal so publicly.

They got their money

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Pop]

Should have been 343

Phil loves them. And he hates Halo

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

They got their money

but what about their dignity?!

 

[Astray]

So the tweet jm89 posted was deleted by Del Walker and replaced with the one I cureently have on the OP.

These tweets are still up, but Twitter has been shit ever since Elon bought it, and has some sort of issue with embeds rn.

Del has been adding more receipts to this and I'll add them to the op shortly.

 

[Nydius]

This almost feels like a back pedal and makes it sound like it is part of the initial 650, not a separate event. But his phrasing is vague. Perhaps intentionally.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This almost feels like a back pedal and makes it sound like it is part of the initial 650, not a separate event. But his phrasing is vague. Perhaps intentionally.

so Phil lied.... again?

 

[Ashamam]

This almost feels like a back pedal and makes it sound like it is part of the initial 650, not a separate event. But his phrasing is vague. Perhaps intentionally.

If it was part of the initial 650 those would also be in the list you linked. I mean I guess its just a homemade spreadsheet, so its not confirmed, but it looks like its separate.

 

[Astray]

This almost feels like a back pedal and makes it sound like it is part of the initial 650, not a separate event. But his phrasing is vague. Perhaps intentionally.

No he's actually producing receipts.

WARN has to come out BEFORE you fire ppl. So these are all-new.

 

[Doncabesa]

This isn't new, it's just the notification for last week.

 

[Nydius]

No he's actually producing receipts.

WARN has to come out BEFORE you fire ppl. So these are all-new.

So much for all those “receipts”.

 

[Astray]

So much for all those “receipts”.

Lmao.

Edited it into the OP.

 

[Doncabesa]

He's explained it in another thread

 

[MagusMajul]

oh well

 

[Astray]

Mods, I think this can safely be closed.

He's explained it in another thread

Yeah he misunderstood the way WARN works.

Nydius I apologize for the misunderstanding earlier.

 

[Darsxx82]

It was a nice thread and some stellar appearances.

It is another example of "journalists" wanting to be seen by releasing unverified information.....

 

[Astray]

It was a nice thread and some stellar appearances.

It is another example of "journalists" wanting to be seen by releasing unverified information.....

Honestly it's my fault for jumping the gun on posting this.

He went outside his circle of competence on this.

 

[adamsapple]

This isn't new, it's just the notification for last week.

.

Fucking Del, lol.

 

[Nydius]

Honestly it's my fault for jumping the gun on posting this.

He went outside his circle of competence on this.

No need to apologize for anything, you thought it was credible (so did I initially), and posted it. Honestly, that’s better journalism than most of the mainstream press these days.

 

[Darsxx82]

Honestly it's my fault for jumping the gun on posting this.

He went outside his circle of competence on this.

The only culprits are those indecent "journalists" who only look for ways to go viral and achieve visibility.

It was very easy for him to simply verify or even contrast with employees..... but he saw a golden opportunity and cared little about the damage it could cause.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Wow.

I bet the CWA feels foolish as fuck for supporting this deal so publicly.

Don't worry, the union leaders don't really give a shit about the rank and file. They'll sleep just fine every night

 

[K' Dash]

So much for all those “receipts”.

this won't stop 40 pages of fanboys ready to shit post.