Microsoft Fires 4800 as Xbox Division Undergoes Major Reorganization

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arm32•8 minutes ago

Sad that it's Xbox's loyal workers who pay the price for Microslop.

dudu24•about 1 hour ago

> "I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges," Sharma said in a passage of the message, according to CNBC. "Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day." He said the division will return to growth next year.

Whoever wrote this doesn't even know Asha Sharma is a woman.

QQ00•35 minutes ago

The writer didn't even use the bare minimum effort to check.

ChrisArchitect•about 3 hours ago

Source: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/06/the-latest-in-ou...

ChrisArchitect•about 1 hour ago

More discussion on the Xbox section: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48804993

justacrow•about 3 hours ago

Thanks, that link is a lot better

KlutzySofa•about 1 hour ago

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/06/resetting-xbox/

This one also has a lot more concrete information on what they are doing, like reducing their layers of management from up to 14 to a maximum of 3-5.

Microsoft Fires 4800 as Xbox Division Undergoes Major Reorganization

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