{"id":2042556,"date":"2026-07-14T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042556"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:59:46","slug":"users-flock-to-xbox-player-voice-portal-to-ask-for-an-end-to-cycle-of-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042556","title":{"rendered":"Users flock to Xbox Player Voice portal to ask for an end to cycle of layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Users flock to Xbox Player Voice portal to ask for an end to cycle of layoffs<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Corporations destroy everything they touch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/player-voice-xbox.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Xbox Player Voice - custom image\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"player-voice-xbox.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer \/ Xbox<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-14T11:59:46+00:00\">July 14, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Xbox Player Voice portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-player-voice-portal\">was launched back in May<\/a>, giving users the opportunity to easily share their thoughts on Xbox and wishes for the future. This came after new CEO Asha Sharma promised a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/today-marks-an-exciting-new-chapter-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-retiring-amid-major-leadership-shakeup-that-sees-microsofts-coreai-president-taking-over-roll\">return of Xbox<\/a>&#8221; when taking over. Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">the announcement of 3,200 layoffs and four studio departures<\/a>, some players are understandably worried and frustrated, and that&#8217;s now having an effect on the Reddit-like platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;End studio closures and stop the cycle of layoffs&#8221; is the title of <a href=\"https:\/\/feedbackportal.microsoft.com\/feedback\/idea\/69b8ec0b-7479-f111-9b47-6045bdbd0989\">the top trending thread on Xbox Player Voice portal<\/a> at the time of writing. Witt Yao is the user behind the original post, which also includes six points focusing on matters like &#8220;transparency for players&#8221;, trusting the developers, and layoffs as &#8220;a failure of leadership&#8221;. It&#8217;s largely a sentiment shared by many, and one that&#8217;s been exacerbated by Xbox&#8217;s ongoing struggles and missteps during this generation of consoles.<\/p>\n<p>Yao&#8217;s thread has been upvoted by 3,446 users so far, with 686 Xbox fans also chiming in and expressing their disappointment and\/or thoughts on what might be the path forward. It&#8217;s quite significant because this is Xbox&#8217;s direct line to its players, and one would expect emotions to favour the brand&#8217;s actions in such an environment even if there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/feedbackportal.microsoft.com\/feedback\/idea\/af5e9e56-e452-f111-9a90-6045bdb3484a\">frustrations around mishandled game franchises<\/a> discussed there recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the workers have been laid off and studios closed down simply for doing what they were told to do,&#8221; one user expressed before blaming leadership and explaining this is why &#8220;Xbox is in such a bad state&#8221;. Others have chosen to remind everyone of Microsoft&#8217;s huge legacy beyond Xbox before lamenting the current state of affairs and how Xbox has moved away from the people: &#8220;A software company should understand that its greatest asset is the people who create the software.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some voices are angrier than others, with certain users signalling they might be done with Xbox for good: &#8220;Xbox and Microsoft are disgusting. Hope it all burns! Deserves nothing less.&#8221; There&#8217;s also a noticeable presence of disgruntled TESO players feeling more detached from the game following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-online-xbox-layoffs-roadmap\">two rounds of deep-cutting layoffs<\/a>: &#8220;The Elder Scrolls Online is my online home. I have made amazing friends through it, friends I meet up with and travel to see. It is the beating heart of my online community and I do not wish to see it die because of corporate greed and incompetence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ex-id Software developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jmquinlan\/\">Johnmichael Quinlan<\/a> &#8211; who was a principal tools programmer at the studio before he was let go after 11 years of service &#8211; also joined the chorus: &#8220;We did everything right, your executives made the decision to give the games away on Game Pass and then say the gaming division didn&#8217;t make money&#8230; We succeeded, you did not.&#8221; For reference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-layoffs-july-2026-id-software\">id Software was hit hard last week<\/a>, just as it was finally launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-dlc-announcement\">Doom: The Dark Ages&#8217; expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints and calls to action go on and on if you keep expanding the comments section, and with the thread gaining traction, there&#8217;s a chance someone at Xbox may be forced to report on what a decent chunk of the userbase is saying. This isn&#8217;t external criticism; these are calls for a better, more humane Xbox coming from inside the house.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Xbox Player Voice portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-player-voice-portal\">was launched back in May<\/a>, giving users the opportunity to easily share their thoughts on Xbox and wishes for the future. This came after new CEO Asha Sharma promised a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/today-marks-an-exciting-new-chapter-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-retiring-amid-major-leadership-shakeup-that-sees-microsofts-coreai-president-taking-over-roll\">return of Xbox<\/a>&#8221; when taking over. Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">the announcement of 3,200 layoffs and four studio departures<\/a>, some players are understandably worried and frustrated, and that&#8217;s now having an effect on the Reddit-like platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;End studio closures and stop the cycle of layoffs&#8221; is the title of <a href=\"https:\/\/feedbackportal.microsoft.com\/feedback\/idea\/69b8ec0b-7479-f111-9b47-6045bdbd0989\">the top trending thread on Xbox Player Voice portal<\/a> at the time of writing. Witt Yao is the user behind the original post, which also includes six points focusing on matters like &#8220;transparency for players&#8221;, trusting the developers, and layoffs as &#8220;a failure of leadership&#8221;. It&#8217;s largely a sentiment shared by many, and one that&#8217;s been exacerbated by Xbox&#8217;s ongoing struggles and missteps during this generation of consoles.<\/p>\n<p>Yao&#8217;s thread has been upvoted by 3,446 users so far, with 686 Xbox fans also chiming in and expressing their disappointment and\/or thoughts on what might be the path forward. It&#8217;s quite significant because this is Xbox&#8217;s direct line to its players, and one would expect emotions to favour the brand&#8217;s actions in such an environment even if there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/feedbackportal.microsoft.com\/feedback\/idea\/af5e9e56-e452-f111-9a90-6045bdb3484a\">frustrations around mishandled game franchises<\/a> discussed there recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the workers have been laid off and studios closed down simply for doing what they were told to do,&#8221; one user expressed before blaming leadership and explaining this is why &#8220;Xbox is in such a bad state&#8221;. Others have chosen to remind everyone of Microsoft&#8217;s huge legacy beyond Xbox before lamenting the current state of affairs and how Xbox has moved away from the people: &#8220;A software company should understand that its greatest asset is the people who create the software.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some voices are angrier than others, with certain users signalling they might be done with Xbox for good: &#8220;Xbox and Microsoft are disgusting. Hope it all burns! Deserves nothing less.&#8221; There&#8217;s also a noticeable presence of disgruntled TESO players feeling more detached from the game following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-online-xbox-layoffs-roadmap\">two rounds of deep-cutting layoffs<\/a>: &#8220;The Elder Scrolls Online is my online home. I have made amazing friends through it, friends I meet up with and travel to see. It is the beating heart of my online community and I do not wish to see it die because of corporate greed and incompetence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ex-id Software developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jmquinlan\/\">Johnmichael Quinlan<\/a> &#8211; who was a principal tools programmer at the studio before he was let go after 11 years of service &#8211; also joined the chorus: &#8220;We did everything right, your executives made the decision to give the games away on Game Pass and then say the gaming division didn&#8217;t make money&#8230; We succeeded, you did not.&#8221; For reference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-layoffs-july-2026-id-software\">id Software was hit hard last week<\/a>, just as it was finally launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-dlc-announcement\">Doom: The Dark Ages&#8217; expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints and calls to action go on and on if you keep expanding the comments section, and with the thread gaining traction, there&#8217;s a chance someone at Xbox may be forced to report on what a decent chunk of the userbase is saying. 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