More layoffs this week, says Tom Warren

Yesterday, a person shared Jessie Thomas on Twitter/X sad to say: Her job at Microsoft has been eliminated.

“To everyone who was a part of Team Xbox. Thank you. I hope I made you proud,” she added in the tweet.

Tom Warren, editor-in-chief of The Verge, responded to this post. He claimed that there were more layoffs at Microsoft this week. Jessie Thomas was also reportedly fired while on vacation.

In a follow-up tweet, Warren made it clear that it is definitely not just one person. Whether this is really the case and how many people will ultimately lose their jobs is something we may find out in the next few days.

At the beginning of the year there was a large wave of layoffs

Earlier this year, Microsoft experienced a large wave of layoffs. Around 1,900 people had to pack their things. Phil Spencer later explained that these layoffs were due to the worrying lack of industry growth due to.

In addition, the closures of Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and two other studios caused dismay in the gaming community:

YouTuber ColtEastwood finds these alleged layoffs “difficult to understand.” After all, Xbox has a lot of work to do, and they need a large team to do it.

In fact, Microsoft Xbox has big plans: After great Xbox showcase The Redmond-based company apparently wants to follow up soon, probably at Gamescom. The confirmation and line-up happened last month. Matt Booty recently said that Microsoft's gaming division “slowly gets going.“

The company does not seem to be afraid of further layoffs. But let's wait and see whether we really will hear more layoffs from Microsoft this week.

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