Microsoft closes Xbox Entertainment Studio
Microsoft announced a program to reduce almost 18 000 people this Weak, and Xbox- Division remained almost intact, the studio developing content Xbox Entertainment Studio closes.Recall that the studio was created for the production of the original TV content, based on the owners of Xbox. Until now, the studio employed about 200 people. "In the framework of the planned reduction in the overall working of the state as well as in the light of the renewed mission of the organization, we plan to simplify a significant portion of units and engineering related to Xbox - says head of Xbox Phil Spencer.
"One of the elements of such a plan would be the closing of the studio Xbox Entertainment Studios». In Microsoft limited formal comments, related to the closure of the studio, but in the online edition of Recode, citing sources close to Microsoft, reported that in recent Xbox Entertainment Studios became too disorganized and she did not have a clear business model. In addition, the studio recently not too active to enter into agreements with content partners, making it difficult to exit the original content for the Xbox. However, not all studio projects would be history.
For example, a television project Halo, started with Steven Spielberg, will be continued, as well as the documentary series Signal to Noise.We also know that Microsoft hired the former president of CBS Entertainment Nancy Tella will continue to work in the Microsoft Entertainment Studios. This also goes part of the leadership closed the studio. Recall that only now in Microsoft employs about 127 000 people, of which 18,000 will be dismissed, with most of the laid-off - are employees of the Finnish Nokia, which moved to the staff of the corporation at the same time with the purchase of the latest smartphone business. Microsoft only moved about 30 000 people.
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