{"id":85425,"date":"2026-07-06T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85425"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:39:26","slug":"we-need-to-change-course-bethesda-boss-tells-staff-the-company-must-focus-on-our-strongest-franchises-as-xbox-layoffs-hit-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85425","title":{"rendered":"‘We Need to Change Course’ \u2014 Bethesda Boss Tells Staff the Company Must Focus on ‘Our Strongest Franchises’ as Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The boss of Bethesda has told staff the company must now focus on its \u201cstrongest franchises\u201d amid sweeping layoffs across Xbox.<\/p>\n

Today, Microsoft announced 3,200 staff are set to lose their jobs at Xbox across the current financial year<\/a>, with 1,600 of those layoffs happening today, July 6. In an email sent to staff, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called it the most \u201csignificant\u201d restructure in Xbox history, insisting Microsoft\u2019s gaming business \u201cis not healthy.\u201d Overall, Xbox is losing about one-fifth of its staff as part of Sharma’s push for growth.<\/p>\n

Bethesda is hit particularly hard by the layoffs, IGN understands, with staff across its many development studios either already told they are cut or facing an uncertain future. In an email to Bethesda staff sent following Sharma’s memo, Bethesda boss Jill Braff said the layoffs and change in strategy \u201creflect the realities of our industry and business \u2013 and our responsibility to ensure Bethesda is operating from a more stable foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

“To be successful in the future, we need to change course,\u201d Braff continued. \u201cWe must strengthen our business, return to sustainable growth, and ensure we can continue investing in our franchises and our players. I know that doesn’t make a day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The boss of Bethesda has told staff the company must now focus on its \u201cstrongest franchises\u201d amid sweeping layoffs across Xbox. Today, Microsoft announced 3,200 staff are set to lose their jobs at Xbox across the current financial year, with 1,600 of those layoffs happening today, July 6. In an email sent to staff, Xbox…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":85427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85429,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85425\/revisions\/85429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}