Microsoft says today’s Xbox shake-up doesn’t mean game studio layoffs
TL;DR
Microsoft reassures that recent Xbox leadership changes do not involve layoffs or studio closures, despite industry concerns. Gaming EVP Matt Booty confirms no organizational changes are planned for studios.
Xbox has new leaders today, now that Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are out - and you'd be forgiven for assuming that means yet another round of layoffs and shuttered studios, especially one day after Sony jettisoned a beloved developer.
Not yet, it seems. "To be clear, there are no organizational changes underway for our studios," Microsoft Gaming EVP Matt Booty wrote in his memo today. It's a little buried under everything else Microsoft's outgoing and incoming gaming CEOs are saying, so figure it's worth dragging to the surface!
Booty:
We have good reasons to believe in what's ahead. This organization and its franchises have navigated c …