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Microsoft to cut more than 3,000 jobs from ailing Xbox unit



Microsoft said Monday that it will cut 3,200 jobs from its struggling Xbox video game business.

The technology giant will immediately eliminate 1,600 positions, while other jobs will be cut as four studios leave the Xbox unit.

“Our business today is not healthy,” Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who took over the gaming division earlier this year, said in a memo to Xbox workers released by Microsoft. “We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses.”

Sharma also acknowledged that Microsoft’s investments in Game Pass, a subscription gaming service, and multi-platform services have grown more slowly than expected. 

“As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset Xbox,” he said.

Microsoft announced in June that it would raise the prices of its Xbox consoles starting August 1, citing rising costs of storage and memory components in electronic devices. 

The price of consoles with 512 GB of storage will increase by $100 to nearly $500, while those with 1 TB of storage will increase by $150.



Microsoft said Monday that it will cut 3,200 jobs from its struggling Xbox video game business.

The technology giant will immediately eliminate 1,600 positions, while other jobs will be cut as four studios leave the Xbox unit.

“Our business today is not healthy,” Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who took over the gaming division earlier this year, said in a memo to Xbox workers released by Microsoft. “We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses.”

Sharma also acknowledged that Microsoft’s investments in Game Pass, a subscription gaming service, and multi-platform services have grown more slowly than expected. 

“As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset Xbox,” he said.

Microsoft announced in June that it would raise the prices of its Xbox consoles starting August 1, citing rising costs of storage and memory components in electronic devices. 

The price of consoles with 512 GB of storage will increase by $100 to nearly $500, while those with 1 TB of storage will increase by $150.

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