30% Xbox staff to be hit by Microsoft layoffs; CEO says people who ‘poured creativity into building’ to be impacted

Microsoft‘s latest job cuts will hit its gaming business the hardest. The company plans to lay off nearly 4,800 employees, or 2.1 percent of its global workforce, as it scales down different teams. The move, however, is likely to hit Xbox division the hardest, with reports suggesting that more than 30% of those cuts are expected to impact the division.

As part of the “Xbox reset,” Microsoft wants to reshape several gaming studios as part of its its long-term strategy, which includes scaling down its ownership over so many game developers.