Jul 12, 2026 · 2 hr 10 min · 17 segments
This week, Niki, Lotus, and John address the sweeping, disastrous layoffs and closures stemming from the "reset" Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has started. 00:00:00 Intro & Cup Talk 00:11:40…
Niki GraysonHostLotusHostPlease, for the love of God, go to nogamesforgenocide.com. You can learn more about Microsoft and Xbox's complicit behavior in the ongoing genocide and atrocities in Gaza.
Because we're going to be talking about Xbox for the next, I don't know fucking how long.
And boy, my flippant 1,000 that I said on the couch at Giant Bomb at night at SGF, gross underestimate.
There have been 1,600 immediate layoffs from Xbox, with about 350 leaving from the four divested studios, which brings us to about 1,950.
And over the next 12 months, there will be up to about 1,250 more for a total of 3,200 plus.
And I think that is the best math that we have available to us at the VGB's podcast.
It's been my pet peeve of the week.
reads the way it does.
It's like, here's what the numbers are.
It'd be like, 3,200 people got laid off at Xbox Day.
Please, for the love of God, go to nogamesforgenocide.com. You can learn more about Microsoft and Xbox's complicit behavior in the ongoing genocide and atrocities in Gaza.
Because we're going to be talking about Xbox for the next, I don't know fucking how long.
And boy, my flippant 1,000 that I said on the couch at Giant Bomb at night at SGF, gross underestimate.
There have been 1,600 immediate layoffs from Xbox, with about 350 leaving from the four divested studios, which brings us to about 1,950.
And over the next 12 months, there will be up to about 1,250 more for a total of 3,200 plus.
And I think that is the best math that we have available to us at the VGB's podcast.
It's been my pet peeve of the week.
reads the way it does.
It's like, here's what the numbers are.
It'd be like, 3,200 people got laid off at Xbox Day.
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