Microsoft cuts 3,200 Xbox jobs, spins off four studios in major layoffs
THE SO WHAT
Spinning off four studios alongside 3,200 Xbox layoffs shows how quickly creative capacity can be externalized when platform economics tighten. Studios and tool vendors should read this as a push toward multi-platform resilience rather than dependence on a single first-party ecosystem.
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