Microsoft CEO feedback on multiplatform Xbox releases and extra

It has been one other turbulent yr for Microsoft. We have seen a number of bulletins of layoffs, with Microsoft shedding one other 650 staff simply final month, and that is now contrasted with the information that CEO Satya Nadella has seen a sizeable pay increase of 63%, rising Nadella’s compensation for 2024’s fiscal yr to over $79 million. Nadella has, in the meantime, shared an annual letter pertaining to among the Xbox strikes Microsoft has made, together with the multiplatform launch of Xbox video games and the way the crew continues “to increase our content material to new platforms.”

Nadella has shared a prolonged letter (as noticed by The Verge’s Tom Warren) pertaining to every little thing from AI to safety. The paragraph on gaming is comparatively small, nevertheless it covers a good bit:

“We’re bringing nice video games to extra folks on extra units. With our acquisition of Activision Blizzard King, which closed October 2023, we’ve added tons of of thousands and thousands of gamers to our ecosystem. We now have 20 franchises which have generated over $1 billion in lifetime income — from Sweet Crush, Diablo, and Halo, to Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, and Gears of Conflict. And with Xbox cloud gaming, we proceed to innovate to supply gamers extra methods to expertise the video games they love — the place, when, and the way they need. Lastly, we introduced 4 of our fan-favorite titles to Nintendo Swap and Sony PlayStation for the primary time, as we proceed to increase our content material to new platforms.”

It was large information in early 2024 when Microsoft confirmed 4 Xbox exclusives had been transferring on to different platforms, with Grounded and Pentiment among the many titles transferring to Nintendo Swap and PlayStation.

Microsoft has additionally been within the information this yr with reference to layoffs. January noticed Microsoft shedding round 1,900 staff from throughout Xbox Recreation Studios, and studio closures and layoffs continued afterwards.

It isn’t simply Nadella’s letter, nevertheless, which has caught consideration. Based on CNBC and a proxy submitting from earlier this week, Microsoft’s pay increase for Nadella was over $30 million, with a considerable amount of this compensation consisting of inventory. It could, apparently, have been extra, if not for Nadella’s requested pay lower following Microsoft’s earlier troubles with cyberattacks.

All-in-all, it is given Xbox gamers and people desirous about Microsoft’s plans quite a bit to consider. If, nevertheless, you’d want some way more straightfoward information to have a good time it being a Friday, do not forget that Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 joins Recreation Cross immediately!