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Microsoft is doing a hard reset of its Xbox gaming division

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By Monica Nickelsburg Verified
| On the Shelf (Podcast)
SCOTT DETROW, HOST: When it comes to Xbox, Microsoft is doing a hard reset. This week, the company began reducing its gaming division by 3,200 jobs. Microsoft calls it the most significant restructuring in Xbox history. From member station KUOW, Monica Nickelsburg has been speaking with workers who feel like the gaming industry has become an impossible gauntlet. MONICA NICKELSBURG, BYLINE: Autumn Mitchell has been an avid gamer since she was 5.
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What Xbox's layoffs, massive reboot says about the gaming industry

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By Monica Nickelsburg Verified
| KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA) Verified
An Xbox research lab on Microsoft's Redmond campus in 2019. Monica Nickelsburg Autumn Mitchell has been an avid gamer since she was gifted a Super Nintendo at 5 years old. “ I played Donkey Kong Country, and I was absolutely obsessed,” she said. “Video games have been a refuge for me. They have been a place to escape and to fantasize and to dream.” Then, about five years ago, a new dream came true. Mitchell was hired by Microsoft subsidiary ZeniMax to test video games.
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Microsoft is doing a hard reset of its XBOX gaming division

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By Monica Nickelsburg Verified
| KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA) Verified
Microsoft is doing a hard reset of its XBOX gaming division This week, Microsoft announced they were laying off over 3,000 staff at Xbox. What will the impact be on the company? And what do these layoffs say about the gaming industry right now?
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