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alessandro ( alessandro@lemmy.ca )  to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

Fresh from a layoff bloodbath that cost over 2,500 jobs, Microsoft is already thinking about dropping the big bucks on more acquisitions

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Fresh from a layoff bloodbath that cost over 2,500 jobs, Microsoft is already thinking about dropping the big bucks on more acquisitions

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alessandro ( alessandro@lemmy.ca )  to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago
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The business world stops for no one, I suppose.
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  • atro_city ( atro_city@fedia.io ) 
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    Businesses don’t care about their employees beyond their output.

  • Not_mikey ( Not_mikey@slrpnk.net ) 
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    My company just did the same thing. Just layed off 15% of staff because of some bad quarters but is now looking into mergers and acquisitions because they think/know the senile microphone abuser will let tech consolidation run wild.

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    Capitalism forces companies to make stupid fucking decisions?!?! shocked Pikachu face

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    Wait… if corps are people, have they now got anorexia?

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    OOO HYEAH IM ACQUIRINGGGGGGG

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    From Bloomberg

    “We definitely want to be in the market, and when we can find teams and technology and capability that add to what we’re trying to do in gaming at Microsoft, absolutely we will keep our heads up,” Spencer said. Still, there’s nothing “imminent” and very large deals are probably off the table at present as the company is spending a lot of time absorbing Activision Blizzard employees, he said.

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    Can someone help with clarifying a few things?

    There is a build up to the full issue, so I’m going to set a few entry questions:

    • Are the acquired studios privately owned or in the market, open for hostile takeovers?

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