微软的 Xbox 部门正在经历新一轮的裁员。Xbox 首席执行官 Phil Spencer 在内部备忘录中提到了本次裁员，本次裁员是为了确保游戏部门的“可持续的未来增长”。

本次裁员主要和动视暴雪收购案相关，大约有  650 名员工被遣散。大部分岗位都是职能相关部门（包含公司和支持部门），游戏工作室、硬件、游戏体验等部门不受本次影响。

有关本次裁员的内部备忘录如下：

For the past year, our goal has been to minimize disruption while welcoming new teams and enabling them to do their best work. As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across Microsoft Gaming — mostly corporate and supporting functions — to organize our business for long term success.

I know that this is difficult news to hear. We are deeply grateful for the contributions of our colleagues who are learning they are impacted. In the US, we’re supporting them with exit packages that include severance, extended healthcare, and outplacement services to help with their transition; outside the US packages will differ according to location.

With these changes, our corporate and supporting teams and resources are aligned for sustainable future growth, and can better support our studio teams and business units with programs and resources that can scale to meet their needs. Separately, as part of running the business, there are some impacts to other teams as they adapt to shifting priorities and manage the lifecycle and performance of games. No games, devices or experiences are being cancelled and no studios are being closed as part of these adjustments today.

Throughout our team’s history, we have had great moments, and we have had challenging ones. Today is one of the challenging days. I know that going through more changes like this is hard, but even in the most trying times, this team has been able to come together and show one another care and kindness as we work to continue delivering for our players. We appreciate your support as we navigate these changes and we thank you for your compassion and respect for each other.

Phil

微软 Xbox 部门在过去一段时间陆续关闭了一些工作室（如：Tango Gameworks、Alpha Dog、Arkane Austin）并且前段时间 《PUBG》开发商 Krafton 宣布收购 Tango Gameworks。

另外，微软的 Xbox Game Pass 订阅也在近期进行了提价，目的也是为了保证“可持续的未来增长”。

via The Verge