Microsoft to lay off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-lays-off-1-900-143146073.html

by Michelangelo11 • 2 years ago

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simmerup• 2 years ago

Blizzard needs a clean out to be fair

lwhi2• 2 years ago

After using LLM in my own dev workflow, it feels that one developer can quite simply do more.

Would it be realistic to expect a percentage based cull across the board?

Is that what we're seeing?

SeanAnderson2• 2 years ago

No? They are cleaning up after their merger.

Blackstrat• 2 years ago

This routine acquisition BS and has nothing to do with LLMs or the economy. Bloodbaths after acquisitions are the norm.

joe-collins• 2 years ago

Grapevine says that beyond simple redundancies, ABK's customer service is being gutted in favor of outsourcing.

lwhi2• 2 years ago

Makes me feel better .. slightly better ; )

ycdxvjp2• 2 years ago

Maybe I am watching too many series on drug lords but Game studios feel like money laundering operations. How do you even give a group 100-200 mil and say ok go make something for 3 years or whatever with no guarantee it will work?

DamnYuppie• 2 years ago

How is that different than most startups?

SeanAnderson2• 2 years ago

If you're actually interested in learning more, I highly recommend the book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels :)

https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sweat-Pixels-Triumphant-Turbule...

ycdxvjp2• 2 years ago

Thanks will check it out. But these books are usually overloaded with the creative and tech side of the struggle and gloss over where the cash comes from and how it's kept flowing to keep the lights on.

Microsoft to lay off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff

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