Microsoft CEO Backs Xbox Restructuring and Layoffs as Essential for Long-Term Profitability

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    "url": "https://www.levelup.com/en/news/microsoft-ceo-backs-xbox-restructuring-and-layoffs-as-essential-for-long-term-profitability/",
    "title": "Microsoft CEO Backs Xbox Restructuring and Layoffs as Essential for Long-Term Profitability - levelup.com",
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    "excerpt": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has adopted a sharply critical stance regarding Xbox in recent months. The executive candidly acknowledged that the gaming division remains unprofitable, operating at a net loss rather than generating sustainable returns. Despite these financial results, Nadella remains optimistic about Xbox’s outlook, thanks to the vision of current chief Asha Sharma Sharma assumed the leadership role at Xbox with an explicit directive: implement the changes required so the company stops being a headache for Microsoft. The results were an important restructuring marked by layoffs, studio consolidations, and project cancellations. Despite the heavy human toll of this corporate streamlining, Nadella expressed full satisfaction with the outcomes. In a recent interview, he commended Sharma’s leadership, asserting that her choices are vital to securing Xbox’s long-term commercial viability. Midway through this year, Nadella reflected on Microsoft’s substantial investment in Xbox over the past 25 years. He emphasized that the tech giant has consistently backed the gaming unit through continuous capital injections to fund ambitious new titles. However, because few of these investments yielded an acceptable return on investment, Nadella issued an urgent mandate to convert Xbox into a self-sustaining business entity. As such, Sharma overhauled Xbox’s operational priorities...",
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