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Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs

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209 points htrp | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 13:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.261s | source
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seatac76 ◴[02 Jul 25 15:00 UTC] No.44444582[source]▶
Xbox has really become a sore point in the MS portfolio. Their pivot to a marketplace model where their games run everywhere is an admission that they lost the race to Sony. Block buster acquisition like Activision further have exacerbated their conundrum. What Xbox is now can be done by a much smaller number of people.
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tjpnz ◴[02 Jul 25 15:45 UTC] No.44445144[source]▶
>Their pivot to a marketplace model where their games run everywhere is an admission that they lost the race to Sony.

Don Mattrick has a lot to answer for. Microsoft was killing it during the seventh generation and he was able to burn everything down over a period of two days. Xbox never recovered after that.

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amendegree ◴[02 Jul 25 15:52 UTC] No.44445254[source]▶
The Kinect was super cool as a demo but totally failed to actually make compelling gameplay in the standard living room
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1. ModernMech ◴[02 Jul 25 19:13 UTC] No.44447673[source]▶
The real legacy of the Kinect was that it revolutionized vision in robotics, as it made sensors that used to cost thousands, cost $150.