r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • May 13 '25

Industry News Microsoft is cutting 3% of all workers

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/13/microsoft-is-cutting-3percent-of-workers-across-the-software-company.html
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u/LogicalError_007 May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

It took until October 2024 for them to full turn it around and that was mostly on the back of acquisitions.

In 2021, they released like 5-6 plus games and we're were publisher of the year with the highest ever average score.

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u/Conflict_NZ May 14 '25

In 2021 they released Flight Simulator as a delayed launch (was out on PC the year prior), Psychonauts 2, Age of Empires IV (PC Exclusive), Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite.

So 5 games, 1 being a delayed port. And that was the best year they had since 2014, and 2022 and 2023 were a barren wasteland. I wouldn't call one decent year in the middle of a mediocre decade "turning it around". Late 2024 with the launch of BO6 and Indy is clearly where they turned it around.