XBox layoffs tell a larger story about a video game industry in transition

Microsoft's Xbox division is cutting 1,600 jobs and restructuring studios, part of a broader gaming industry contraction affecting Pacific Northwest studios including Bungie's recent 300-person layoff. The upheaval signals structural shifts in game development economics and business model transitions.

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