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The Verge: Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts

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The Verge: Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts

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Subject: The Verge: Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:31:50 -0400
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The Verge: Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts Link: https://rootbadger.com/shortened/ioxa5g2uy

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The studio sell-offs are the part of these gaming cuts that worries me most. Games live or die on small teams with memory and trust; treating them as pieces on a balance sheet usually costs more than it saves in the long run.

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Thomas W. / keep the receipts
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