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Tom Henderson

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2025-10-22
Your weekly dose of bad Xbox news is here! [image]
2025-10-22 View on X
The Verge

Sources: Microsoft is significantly increasing the price of its Xbox Development Kit from $1,500 to $2,000, after hiking Series X prices by $150 in September

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox dev kits, just a month after tariffs hit Xbox console pricing.

2025-07-03
We're really successful at the moment, but you're fired.
2025-07-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Microsoft cut hundreds of Xbox jobs across studios, including King, ZeniMax, and Halo Studios, and cancels games like the new Perfect Dark and Everwild

Hundreds of people were laid off as the company canceled upcoming games such as Perfect Dark and Everwild

We're really successful at the moment, but you're fired.
2025-07-03 View on X
CNBC

Source: Microsoft plans to lay off ~9,000 employees, or less than 4% of its workforce, across teams and role types, after cutting ~6,000 in May and 300+ in June

read Phil Spencer's note to staff Bloomberg : Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs IGN : Microsoft Makes Significant Layoffs Across Gaming Division, Xbox Bo...

2025-07-02
We're really successful at the moment, but you're fired.
2025-07-02 View on X
CNBC

Source: Microsoft plans to lay off ~9,000 employees, or less than 4% of its workforce, across teams and role types, after cutting ~6,000 in May and 300+ in June

Microsoft said Wednesday that it will lay off about 9,000 employees.  The move will affect less than 4% of its global workforce …

2025-03-28
Understandably, employee's are now nervous. In a follow-up email, Marie-Sophie de Waubert (Chief Studios & Portfolio Officer) said, “Hello everyone, I wanted to follow up immediately with all of you in Montreal, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Barcelona, and Sofia after
2025-03-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Ubisoft plans to spin off a unit, which includes Assassin's Creed, into a ~€4B subsidiary with Tencent investing €1.16B for a 25% stake; UBI jumps 10%

Ubisoft Entertainment SA shares jumped as much as 10% after the video game maker said it will carve out a unit including Assassin's Creed …

2024-06-04
From what I can gather, YouTube has investigated employees breaching their contractual agreements on two different occasions in the past 18 months due to employees accessing content on the backend. Following today (and presumably SGF), we'll see a third investigation fairly
2024-06-04 View on X
Insider Gaming

Sources and leaked documents detail YouTube's gaming leak culture, as some staff watch non-public videos and leak info; YouTube has investigated multiple staff

According to a report from 404 Media, which has allegedly obtained an internal Google database tracking six years of potential privacy …

I wanted to weigh in on my knowledge of the current YouTube employee leak culture. https://insider-gaming.com/...
2024-06-04 View on X
Insider Gaming

Sources and leaked documents detail YouTube's gaming leak culture, as some staff watch non-public videos and leak info; YouTube has investigated multiple staff

According to a report from 404 Media, which has allegedly obtained an internal Google database tracking six years of potential privacy …

2024-05-17
At least tomorrow's board room meetings industry-wide will now be about changing release dates from Fall 2025 rather than preparing to lay more people off. https://insider-gaming.com/...
2024-05-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Take-Two announces a fall 2025 release date for GTA VI, reports Q4 bookings down 3% YoY to $1.35B, and lowers its FY 2025 bookings forecast from $7B+ to $5.55B+

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg :

2023-05-26
Currently scheduled to release mid-late November 2023.
2023-05-26 View on X
The Verge

Sony announces “Project Q”, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023

what we know Parth Bagaria / Game Rant : Rumor: PlayStation Handheld Project Q Release Date Revealed Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Sony's Project Q vs. Nintendo Switch - how do they ...

2023-05-25
Currently scheduled to release mid-late November 2023.
2023-05-25 View on X
The Verge

Sony announces Project Q, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023

Sony has officially confirmed it's working on a PlayStation handheld to make it easier to play your PS5 games.

2022-11-01
PS5 FY22 sales: - Planning to exceed year 2's PS4 sales of 14.8 million (currently at 5.7 million PS5s sold so far for FY22) - Supply issues with semiconductors which could mean they don't hit their target - Sony sold only 100K more PS5s in FY22 Q1 & Q2 compared to FY21 Q1 & Q2
2022-11-01 View on X
Video Games Chronicle

Sony reports PlayStation Plus subscribers declined to 45.4M in Q2, down from 47.3M in Q1, and PlayStation Network MAUs dropped to 102M in Q2 from 103M in Q1

PlayStation Plus subscribers have dropped by nearly 2 million users since the revamped service launched in June.

- Forecasts given mean Sony needs to sell 9.1 million PS5's in FY22 Q3 & Q4. - Sony sold 5.9 million PS5's in FY21 Q3 & Q4 I do have Sony's original projections for FY22 sales, but I don't think they are going to hit that. 14.8 million number might be close.
2022-11-01 View on X
Video Games Chronicle

Sony reports PlayStation Plus subscribers declined to 45.4M in Q2, down from 47.3M in Q1, and PlayStation Network MAUs dropped to 102M in Q2 from 103M in Q1

PlayStation Plus subscribers have dropped by nearly 2 million users since the revamped service launched in June.

PS5 FY22 sales: - Planning to exceed year 2's PS4 sales of 14.8 million (currently at 5.7 million PS5s sold so far for FY22) - Supply issues with semiconductors which could mean they don't hit their target - Sony sold only 100K more PS5s in FY22 Q1 & Q2 compared to FY21 Q1 & Q2
2022-11-01 View on X
Engadget

Sony reports Q2 gaming revenue rose 12% YoY to $4.92B and ships 3.3M PS5 units, flat YoY, bringing total sales to 25M; software sales fell to 62.5M units

Steve Dent / Engadget :

- Forecasts given mean Sony needs to sell 9.1 million PS5's in FY22 Q3 & Q4. - Sony sold 5.9 million PS5's in FY21 Q3 & Q4 I do have Sony's original projections for FY22 sales, but I don't think they are going to hit that. 14.8 million number might be close.
2022-11-01 View on X
Engadget

Sony reports Q2 gaming revenue rose 12% YoY to $4.92B and ships 3.3M PS5 units, flat YoY, bringing total sales to 25M; software sales fell to 62.5M units

Steve Dent / Engadget :

2022-09-19
A couple of GTA 6 leak updates: - The hacker has requested that someone from Rockstar/Take-Two contact them after going “unexpectedly viral” - Take-Two has started to DMCA footage I'll continue to update this as a thread as more information comes out. https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-19 View on X
The Verge

A GTAForums user uploads 90 gameplay videos of Rockstar's upcoming GTA VI, claiming they were behind last week's Uber hack and may leak GTA V and VI source code

you're really seeing how the sausage is made. I love the debug output from its AI state machine. All recorded on RTX 30-series cards, so a good indication of how recent it is, but ...

The amount of people saying that GTA 6 looks terrible is actually frightening. You're looking at a game build that's over a year old and won't be released for another what, 2 years?
2022-09-19 View on X
The Verge

A GTAForums user uploads 90 gameplay videos of Rockstar's upcoming GTA VI, claiming they were behind last week's Uber hack and may leak GTA V and VI source code

you're really seeing how the sausage is made. I love the debug output from its AI state machine. All recorded on RTX 30-series cards, so a good indication of how recent it is, but ...

2022-03-29
Project Spartacus revealed! https://blog.playstation.com/ ... - Adds over 400 PS4/PS5 games at $15 a month or $100 a year. - $18 a month or $120 a year gives you access to PS1, PS2, and PS3 games (takes it to 700+ games) - Launches in June
2022-03-29 View on X
GamesIndustry.biz

Sony merges PS Now and PS Plus to form three tiers, launching in June: PS Plus Essentials for $9.99/month, Extra for $14.99/month, and Premium for $17.99/month

PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, PS4 and PS5 games included, but not brand new releases  —  At a glance:

2021-08-16
Time to wait another 4 years. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-16 View on X
The Verge

Twitter pauses rolling out access to apply for verification, after admitting that several fake accounts, reportedly part of a botnet, were wrongly verified

2021-08-15
Time to wait another 4 years. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-15 View on X
The Verge

Twitter pauses rolling out access to apply for verification, after admitting that several fake accounts, reportedly part of a botnet, were wrongly verified

raising questions about security (updated) Jon Prosser / FrontPageTech.com : Twitter Pauses Verification, AGAIN, After Verifying Fake Accounts LOL Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Twitter cite...

2021-08-14
Time to wait another 4 years. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-14 View on X
The Verge

Twitter pauses rolling out access to apply for verification, after admitting that several fake accounts, reportedly part of a botnet, were wrongly verified

It wants to improve the application and review process  —  Twitter is halting the expansion of its verification program …