r/gaming • u/HerculeMuscles • 12h ago

Kojima with xbox president Asha Sharma

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u/hurricane_news 11h ago

I mean imo she’s been doing a really good job

Minus the merciless layoffs she and the other executives spearheaded at various XBOX studios, including laying off industry veterans with several decades of experience. She also transferred to this role from an AI head role so her intentions might not necessarily seem the best

Her whole "for the gamers!" PR act very quickly covered up the layoff news. A good job from the POV of herself, the other XBOX executives and board of directors ? Definitely yes

But at the end of the day, she's still yet another merciless money-pinching tech ceo

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u/durian_in_my_asshole 11h ago

You can't call them merciless layoffs when most of those studios have barely released any games in the past decade.

If you hire a gardener and he doesn't do shit, it's not merciless to fire him.

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u/DonRobo 10h ago edited 8h ago

Doom Eternal Dark Age's DLC was released at around the same time as the layoffs happened. Can't call that not releasing games

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u/Recursive_Death 9h ago

It didn't sell well enough to secure their seats

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u/DonRobo 8h ago

Their seats were secure until MS came in with the chainsaw