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Microsoft reportedly offers buyouts to about 60,000 staff
The offer, reportedly about a quarter of its workforce, comes months after 4,800 layoffs that mainly hit Xbox and commercial sales.
The offer, reportedly about a quarter of its workforce, comes months after 4,800 layoffs that mainly hit Xbox and commercial sales.
Her duties are being split among other Xbox leaders while the company decides who takes the job next.
Xbox is now said to be pursuing several smaller film and TV deals rather than one large licensing agreement with a single streamer.
The price pressure sits against leadership's own statements that subsidies cannot continue and that the market needs cheaper consoles.
If the reported model arrives, subscribers would pay only for the parts they use, such as cloud streaming or multiplayer, rather than a fixed tier.
The approach could make new defensive lasers easier for sailors to learn and cheaper to use than missile intercepts.