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Microsoft’s Phil Spencer talks about industry-wide gaming layoffs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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In the wake of 1,900 layoffs at Microsoft’s game businesses and more layoffs across the industry, Phil Spencer offered his thoughts on the Xbox business update today.

Spencer has been on the Xbox leadership team for over 20 years, and he said he wants Xbox to be in the best position for the next 20 years. That’s the motivation behind putting titles on Xbox Game Pass, the subscription service. He noted that 2023 was an “incredible year for gaming.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.