Microsoft is Gutting the Video Game Industry w/ Nathan Grayson
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Microsoft is Gutting the Video Game Industry
Nathan Grayson
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Nathan Grayson to discuss the latest round of Microsoft layoffs and how the company’s ambition to remake the video game industry around its streaming service has had significant consequences.
Guest
Nathan Grayson is a co-founder of Aftermath and author of Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen.
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Links
- An Xbox producer told laid off staff to use AI to help cope with unemployment.
- Microsoft is moving towards pressuring staff to use AI through employee evaluations.
- Nathan mentions that it’s unclear whether Game Pass is even profitable given how they balance the books.