Window sales have prompted this move.
Today the name of Microsoft and Xbox is being seen more due to the Activision Blizzard acquisition procedurethereby giving rise to a real console war between Sony and Microsoft for Call of Duty, reaching the point that the American company has accused Sony of blocking Xbox Game Pass on several occasions against large organizations.
However, it must be remembered that Microsoft is a company that goes beyond video gamesseeing from here also its enormous economic power, which in turn comes from the fact that decisions that have nothing to do with Xbox could affect the video game division. And it seems that a collective dismissal has ended up affecting Xbox.
The poor performance in sales of the Window license on PC has led Microsoft to make this decision
According to a statement offered by a Microsoft spokesperson, the company has carried out collective dismissals based on the fact that the software manufacturer’s income is expected to decrease due to the poor performance in sales that the Window license on PC is having, this being something that also affects other technology companies that are opting either by reducing hiring or by firing their workers.
It should be noted that it is not known to what extent this has affected the video game division, but it seems more than obvious that if the company is going through a bad economic time, the cost of Activision Blizzard could have come at the worst time. In any case, it should be noted that in the past Phil Spencer has stated that they will continue to buy studiosbeing so, given the situation, they may back down in this regard.
Be that as it may, what seems to be moving forward is the R&D department, since the rumors about a new Xbox Series do not stop. We’ll see if before the end of the year we can take a look at it at all.