Xbox: Satya Nadella defends Microsoft's restructuring and wants to revive the business

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    "title": "Xbox: Satya Nadella defends Microsoft's restructuring and wants to revive the business - Clubic",
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    "excerpt": "Microsoft's CEO has spoken out to defend the ongoing upheavals within its video game division. Satya Nadella says he is optimistic about the future of Xbox despite months of job cuts and studio closures. The Redmond giant is now openly embracing the reorganization of its Xbox business.\nWhen asked about the state of the group's gaming division, Satya Nadella said he was very satisfied with the studios and licenses that remain in its portfolio, while declaring himself \"confident\" about the reorganization work currently being carried out by the teams. The executive thus reiterated the objective set by Asha Sharma, the new head of Xbox: to bring the business back to growth during the next fiscal year, notably by focusing on the group's main licenses and exploring new economic models. \"When I look at the studios, the portfolio of licenses we own, and our ability to leverage them to produce great games in the future, I am very confident,\" Satya Nadella said on the Sources Podcast show. Microsoft's CEO also believes that the \"rationalization\" undertaken by Asha Sharma and her teams is \"a good thing.\"\nThe summer has been particularly eventful for Microsoft, which has undertaken a significant reduction in the workforce of its gaming division. The firm announced the initial elimination of 1,600 positions at Xbox, with another 1,600 cuts planned before the end of its fiscal year. This...",
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    "article_sentence": "Double Fine, Compulsion Games, and Undead Labs have, for their part, left Microsoft's fold to become independent again, while Arkane, known for the Dishonored license, is still up for sale."
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