midnightAI
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I see the usual suspects are trying to deflect this onto Sony somehow, well done. Warriors will war after all.
I see the usual suspects are trying to deflect this onto Sony somehow, well done. Warriors will war after all.
Xbox is probably not overall profitable, if you break it out from everything else that MS likes to clump it into. But MS shareholders don't care, why would they when the company's numbers are going up? They aren't worth $3 trillion because they have not made a profit on Xbox for the 20+ years it has existed, they are worth that because of Windows, Office, Azure, and now all the hype around AI.
Xbox was a rounding error in MS's financials, which is why it has been tolerated for all this time, but after blowing $70 billion on a controversial acquisition that needed 2 years to gain regulatory approval which also burned a lot of political capital MS built up over the past decades they are probably under a microscope to actually start making money now. Hence why they immediately chopped 1,900 jobs right after acquiring ABK.
Turns out that Phil Spencer is the best Call of Duty player of all time.
His K/D is 1900:1 right now
I think this oneOmg this is pure comedy now. Which one is you?
Does anybody else think there is another bad Xbox news coming soon? Along the lines of canceled games, more layoffs, or a studio closure? Or maybe even a price hike?
Phil Spencer is too quiet right now.
When rumors of third-party first appeared, many assumed that Phil would have an interview and clear things up. But he did not even tweet because a worse thing (layoff) was on the horizon.
Now Phil still isn't saying anything. Although I don't know what could be worse / bad PR than this layoff, something just feels off.
i wouldI think this one
I can understand not being in the firing line.Now isn't exactly a great time for Phil to be in the public eye and promoting the brand.
I can understand not being in the firing line.
But a CEO's statements can calm things down and arrest the negative momentum. A statement/interview almost always comes to calm things down. Phil's Kinda Funny interview had the same purpose after Redfall's failure.
That has been surprisingly missing, which makes me think there may be another bandaid they're waiting to rip before that inevitable statement/interview comes.
"After trimming the excess fat, the future of Xbox is looking brighter than ever."A bad game release is one thing, but cutting 8% of the workforce of a newly acquired $70b acquisition is another. I'm not sure how you'd put a good face on the news and it would most likely come off as self serving and add to the ire.
So buy a ton of studios and a year later start a round of mass firing? American corporate culture is strange.
Gonna go w/ all the aboveDoes anybody else think there is another bad Xbox news coming soon? Along the lines of canceled games, more layoffs, or a studio closure? Or maybe even a price hike?
He might start speaking less and allow Sarah Bond to be the media arm with the recent shuffle. To me that would explain his recent quietness (which pre-dates the lay offs and just before the Xbox publishing in PS rumours).Does anybody else think there is another bad Xbox news coming soon? Along the lines of canceled games, more layoffs, or a studio closure? Or maybe even a price hike?
Phil Spencer is too quiet right now.
When rumors of third-party first appeared, many assumed that Phil would have an interview and clear things up. But he did not even tweet because a worse thing (layoff) was on the horizon.
Now Phil still isn't saying anything. Although I don't know what could be worse / bad PR than this layoff, something just feels off.
Would what exactly?i would
A bad game release is one thing, but cutting 8% of the workforce of a newly acquired $70b acquisition is another. I'm not sure how you'd put a good face on the news and it would most likely come off as self serving and add to the ire.
You have no standardsi would
Is this true?
Is this true?
I find it hard to comprehend how anyone not getting paid could really think this is good for gaming. A huge consolidated mass of studios/IP just got annihilated all at once.
I might…..You have no standards
You have it all wrong... ..he was just trying to confirm if it was true or not.Do better, it's not hard.
LuLu took the position in October. She gets $850K salary, 100% target bonus (paid in full for 2022, prorated), $500K signing bonus, and $2M of RSU's which were granted at about $78. Those vest in 1/8th tranches every three months, starting October 2022.
I assume hers, Kotick's, everyone's, will all vest in full immediately if the deal closes. So that not only means getting a nice 21% premium on those RSU's which wouldn't be there absent the buyout, it also means they will be paid out in as little as 10 months, instead of 1.75 years.
Even if MS don't have a place for her, that's about $4.64M in one year if the deal closes.
This is all public info.
Employment agreement
Form 4 showing first tranche
Lulu is also leaving Activision with her Golden Parachute
From October 2022 when she took that role at ABK, Lulu made over $5M in 15 months, not including whatever severance.
Can someone explain to me why she was worth that much? She worked there for hardly a year. Collected a massive payout, and was basically just a twitter shill for the deal. No shit she wanted it to go through as much as possible. What an absolute fucking waste. Fire the real employees making actual products, but pay her an obscene amount of money as a glorified shill/cheerleader.
Corporate america makes me sick.
Lulu is also leaving Activision with her Golden Parachute
From October 2022 when she took that role at ABK, Lulu made over $5M in 15 months, not including whatever severance.
Can someone explain to me why she was worth that much? She worked there for hardly a year. Collected a massive payout, and was basically just a twitter shill for the deal. No shit she wanted it to go through as much as possible. What an absolute fucking waste. Fire the real employees making actual products, but pay her an obscene amount of money as a glorified shill/cheerleader.
Corporate america makes me sick.
Would what exactly?
I don't know what you're talking about. This woman was supposed to be "The Green Queen". /sShe was never there for the benefit of the other employees at the company, she was literally used just to sway public opinion.
It was always going to be more palatable for the simpletons and media when it's an "attractive" minority woman. And it worked, if you were in the public eye and say anything against her behaviour or what shes saying and you risk getting labelled "anti woman" or "anti minority" (and you risk the ire of the seemingly millions of people who were simping over her). Let's be honest, if it were some old white man behaving the way that she did it wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective.
Between her and Phil Spencer, my god there are some hopelessly lost and impressionable people out there.
A senator in the USA is pushing the FTC after the (redundant) lay-offs from MS by Activision Blizzard to investigate the merger again and try to stop it..news at eleven.....
She was never there for the benefit of the other employees at the company, she was literally used just to sway public opinion.
It was always going to be more palatable for the simpletons and media when it's an "attractive" minority woman. And it worked, if you were in the public eye and say anything against her behaviour or what shes saying and you risk getting labelled "anti woman" or "anti minority" (and you risk the ire of the seemingly millions of people who were simping over her). Let's be honest, if it were some old white man behaving the way that she did it wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective.
Between her and Phil Spencer, my god there are some hopelessly lost and impressionable people out there.
Nobody takes Elizabeth Warren seriously, though. I wouldn't expect much to come from her calls for anything.A senator in the USA is pushing the FTC after the (redundant) lay-offs from MS by Activision Blizzard to investigate the merger again and try to stop it..news at eleven.....
This is an insanely absurd cringy combo of console warring and simping, cannot believe what kind of drugs these shills are on.I don't know what you're talking about. This woman was supposed to be "The Green Queen". /s
Phil is a snake and his silence only proves that more.Does anybody else think there is another bad Xbox news coming soon? Along the lines of canceled games, more layoffs, or a studio closure? Or maybe even a price hike?
Phil Spencer is too quiet right now.
When rumors of third-party first appeared, many assumed that Phil would have an interview and clear things up. But he did not even tweet because a worse thing (layoff) was on the horizon.
Now Phil still isn't saying anything. Although I don't know what could be worse / bad PR than this layoff, something just feels off.
Lulu is also leaving Activision with her Golden Parachute
From October 2022 when she took that role at ABK, Lulu made over $5M in 15 months, not including whatever severance.
Can someone explain to me why she was worth that much? She worked there for hardly a year. Collected a massive payout, and was basically just a twitter shill for the deal. No shit she wanted it to go through as much as possible. What an absolute fucking waste. Fire the real employees making actual products, but pay her an obscene amount of money as a glorified shill/cheerleader.
Corporate america makes me sick.
So buy a ton of studios and a year later start a round of mass firing? Microsoft corporate culture is strange.
"sHoW nO mErCy tO pLaYsTaTiOn..."This is an insanely absurd cringy combo of console warring and simping, cannot believe what kind of drugs these shills are on.
Exactly. Microsoft buys companies for their intellectual property, not their employees. They wind down the business end of most of their acquisitions pretty quickly.ftfy
She’s the Queen of green alrightIdon't know what you're talking about. This woman was supposed to be "The Green Queen". /s
have a conversation.Would what exactly?
damn, green rats where simping so damn hard for Lulu.I don't know what you're talking about. This woman was supposed to be "The Green Queen". /s
copium is one hell of a drugThis is an insanely absurd cringy combo of console warring and simping, cannot believe what kind of drugs these shills are on.
Can you tell me what you mean with FTFY cous for me thats abacadabraftfy
So you trying to sugarcoat it...got you.....Let’s just keep in mind that 8% means they have 28000 employees in gaming
Can you tell me what you mean with FTFY cous for me thats abacadabra