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Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ampersandrew@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-23/microsoft-pushes-xbox-studios-to-hit-higher-profit-margins?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MTIxNzIzNiwiZXhwIjoxNzYxODIyMDM2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNEtaV0FHUTdMMTAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.bf1wS0et59C0q96ZZnfBqLTX_eTIqjZTmQbk_j6Pwok&leadSource=uverify+wall

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  • gergolippai@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Let the enshittification commence!

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  • rafoix@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    lol MS customers are going to get screwed. They’re making Sony and Nintendo look pro-consumer.

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  • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Soooooo they’ve crippled their game making divisions with layoffs that obliterated employee morale so that they had more money to throw at AI, and now they’re demanding that this same section of the company offset even more of their AI costs because it’s one of the few parts of the company that actually makes money?

    Reminds me of how Hasbro is milking WotC for all they’re worth while destroying faith in the brand.

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      makes me wonder if the acquisitions were just a win/win strategy - acquire all these studios, milk them with unreasonable demands, cut the workforces constantly, then close up the studio but keep all the ip.

      because that’s how it’s fucking going

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  • yeehawboy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The ceo makes $96.5 million a year. Where’s the “accountability margins” when that was decided? These companies and their decisions really show how stupid the stock market really is. At least that’s the way I see it being uneducated from the outside

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    • Glide@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The ceo makes $96.5 million a year.

      This should be severely punishable by the law. It causes more societal harm than many crimes with serious penalties.

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      • krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Cap executive pay at 12x the lowest paid employee in the company. You can’t make more in one month than the drones make in a year. If you want a raise make sure everyone else gets one too.

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  • hateisreality@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s gonna be hard, hell I won’t even unpack my X, it’s not worth playing

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  • voytrekk@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They are asking the impossible. If they refuse to take any risks on new titles they will not have breakout hits like they are wanting. They have enough studios that you can have some stinker releases that get offset by the surprise hits.

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    • kat_angstrom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The best part is, once they get a surprise hit they can fold the studio and lay everyone off, ensuring that nobody but Execs reap the rewards!

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  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We made decisions that have absolutely decimated the value of our brand. Now go make money from the ashes!

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  • LAN_Mower@lemmybefree.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ah the gamers will pay for the AI data centers!

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  • edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Xbox: making money

    Execs:

    Image

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    • ook@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I feel sad that the Captain is used to stand for the morally wrong side in this joke. Especially from this scene, I faintly recall it was about not doing enough to save or help some people.

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      MORE LAYOFFS!

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  • big_slap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    just kill xbox already man

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  • kat_angstrom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Number must go up!

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