Microsoft CEO says Xbox's 'streamlining' process is 'great to see' following its most recent round of layoffs

Earlier this week, Xbox laid off 268 people on top of the 1,600 jobs it cut earlier this year. It has shoved Obsidian into Bethesda, handed Halo to Activision, said Sayonara to Double Fine and Compulsion Games, and State of Decay developer Undead Labs, and is primed to close Hellblade developer Ninja Theory. All of this is part of Xbox's "reset", under its n

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