Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative

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Wow it’s almost like buying up half the gaming industry and then producing literally nothing wasn’t a great idea.

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broader cost cutting

They’re just stripping everything down to save money, as every company that ever buys another company does.

This was entirely predictable (plus, they purchase IP, not people).

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Shutting down entire studios should not be a part of normal cost saving.

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Agreed, but it certainly seems to be.

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If it was me, I’d take the deal. They obviously don’t give a shit about even their successful teams.

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Me too. The writing is on the wall, especially if you’re at a small studio working on “small” games like Ninja Theory or Double Fine.

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Why are they targeting Zenimax so heavily, don’t they have 50 other acquisitions they can suck the blood from

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Give it a year. Thankfully Toys for Bob was able to buy themselves out, otherwise surely they would have either been shut down or put to work in the Call of Duty mines.

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Spencer said that “the thing that has me most concerned for the industry is the lack of growth.”

Oh hey there’s that Rot Economy thing again.

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Why are they “cost cutting”? Are they going broke or something?

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