Tuesday, June 7, 2026 - Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business.
The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers.
More layoffs are expected to come this year in a broader
reorganization designed to “reset” Xbox as it faces heightened competition, the
company said Monday, July 6.
“Our business today is not healthy,” said a memo from Xbox
CEO Asha Sharma, who took over the gaming division earlier this year.
“We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than
comparable platform and publishing businesses.”
Sharma said the industry, in which Xbox competes with Sony's
PlayStation and Nintendo's Switch, is facing a severe “hardware crisis” as
costs soar for console components.
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