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Jennifer Young

Xbox hardware "is safe" from mass layoffs with a focus on innovation to reduce the material cost of Helix

Xbox Asha Sharma

Vertical black Xbox Series X console and controller sitting together, dramatized by vibrant green and purple background lights.

Amid a historic 3,200-person layoff across Xbox, starting with the 1600 initial layoffs today, our sources confirm the hardware team is seeing the fewest reductions, with a heavy focus on out-engineering the global tech supply crisis.

While today's brutal restructure at Xbox marks a devastating shift for the studios under its umbrella, we can report that at least for now, Microsoft's console ecosystem is surprisingly secure.

According to internal sources, Xbox's dedicated hardware division will see the fewest reductions in the multi-wave layoff event announced by CEO Asha Sharma today. Crucially, the highly anticipated next-generation console, codenamed Helix, remains entirely safe and on track.

RELATED: Xbox's big "reset" cuts: Compulsion, Double Fine, Undead Labs, Ninja Theory to leave Xbox — 3,200 roles to be removed

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