Addio TV TV TV: Microsoft chiude gli Xbox Entertainment Studios

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Niente più TV TV TV, sarà che con tutti gli schiaffi presi da Sony hanno capito che (quanto meno) meglio fare un passo alla volta, e farlo bene?

The Santa Monica studio will be shuttered as Microsoft focuses on strengthening its core videogame business. The majority of the Xbox Entertainment's 200 employees work in southern California and Vancouver, though the company refuses today how many will lose their jobs. The cuts are part of Microsoft's company-wide restructuring announced on Thursday morning, which will see the elimination of up to 18,000 jobs in the next 12 months.

Anche in MS vale la regola del fare le cose alla cazzo di cane:

Sources paint a picture of a disorganized studio that struggled to close deals and lacked a fully fleshed-out business model. This inability to execute has turned off potential studio partners, they say, complicating the process of securing premium content.

The studio became a casualty of shifting corporate priorities that came with Microsoft's executive shuffle. Tellem had been hired by CEO Steve Ballmer, who less than a year later announced he would leave the company. Don Mattrick, who oversaw the Xbox division, similarly departed.

Qualche serie però sopravviverà:

Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft Studios, issued a statement, confirming that the studio will close in the coming months. He said executives Tellem, Jordan Levin and other members of the team will remain to work on original programs that are already in production, such as the upcoming documentary series "Signal to Noise" whose first installment takes on the rise and fall of gaming icon Atari, and "Halo: Nightfall." The "Halo" television series will continue as planned.

"Xbox will continue to support and deliver interactive sports content like 'NFL on Xbox,' and we will continue to enhance our entertainment offering on console by innovating the TV experience through the monthly console updates," Spencer said. "Additionally, our app partnerships with world-class content providers bringing entertainment, sports and TV content to Xbox customers around the world are not impacted by this organizational change."

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