To have a “healthy business,” sometimes hard decisions are necessary, Sarah Bond says.
Shouldn’t succeeding in that way ensure the future of a studio?"
There is no one-size-fits-all to it for us,“she told Bloomberg.
This softness has occurred at the same time that game development costs and timelines are growing, Bond said.
And the time it takes to make them is going up.
Closing studios and laying off staff helps Xbox have a “healthy” business, Bond said.
When you’re going through a time of transition,” she said.
Prior to closing the four Bethesda studios this week,Microsoft cut thousands of jobs within Xbox and Activision.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer defended the cuts, saying investors want to see growth.
Laying people off is a way tohelp appease investors and improve the overall Xbox business, he said.
Layoffs at Xbox are “really an outcome of an industry that’s not growing,” Spencer said.
He went on to say he sees better days ahead.
“It can grow and it will grow again.
But you see this time right now and the implications have human impact.
And we should all reflect on that and think about it,” he said.
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