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[Draugoth]

Earlier today, it was reported that 650 employees were being laid off from Microsoft Gaming, with many of those said to be from Activision Blizzard. Things have been pretty quiet ever since, and it seems there's a good reason for that.

According to The Verge's Tom Warren, Xbox's social media teams were told to "go dark" for the day following the news, with the idea being to avoid an embarrassing "Feel the Burn" situation like last time. This refers to a tagline for a controller that was awkwardly revealed on the same day as four studio closures back in May:

Microsoft has instructed Xbox social media accounts to go dark today, amid the layoffs. It's to avoid a repeat of "feel the burn" Xbox controller announcement during the last layoffs.

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[Nankatsu]

 

[Del_X]

FEEL THE CHURN

 

[XXL]

 

[reinking]

See. They do learn from past mistakes.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Xbox is 'Going Dark'

 

[ReBurn]

Don't worry. It'll keep.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Black screen of death - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bitstream]

Xbox execs after announcing another round of layoffs

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

- do mass layoffs

- muzzle your social media accounts to avoid anyone making embarrassing comments about it and getting negative press.

- get negative press for muzzling your social media accounts

 

[Topher]

 

[Oppoi]

That explains a certain Neogaf members absence in the original thread.

 

[Kings Field]

adamsapple

 

[DeepEnigma]

- Buy up the largest publishers and IPs

- do mass layoffs

- muzzle your social media accounts to avoid anyone making embarrassing comments about it and getting negative press.

- get negative press for muzzling your social media accounts

FTFY

 

[Randall365]

FEEL THE CHURN

 

[SlimySnake]

adamsapple taking a mental health day

 

[poppabk]

How did I miss that 'feel the burn' snafu?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I always forget Xbox exists.

 

[Mokus]

Sensitive choice. Now the new former employees can feel better about themselves.

 

[adamsapple]

adamsapple

 

[Wooxsvan]

 

[Banjo64]

So they want to avoid embarrassment by not saying or doing anything embarrassing but then this information gets out (that Microsoft are worried about this) which is embarrassing by itself.

Embarrassing.

 

[Topher]

adamsapple

He's following orders

 

[Kacho]

How did I miss that 'feel the burn' snafu?

It was pretty minor in the grand scheme. Good for a laugh in the moment but little else.

 

[DeepEnigma]

MS needs a safe space, guys. Come on.

 

[Mokus]

He's following orders

Yeah. Someone has to do the dirty job too.

 

[GHG]

DarkMage619 nod twice if you've been silenced.

 

[XXL]

He's following orders

 

[onQ123]

adamsapple taking a mental health day

He is around deflecting & laughing at posts he didn't get laid off because he work for Apples

 

[Kacho]

DarkMage619 nod twice if you've been silenced.

Holy shit he hasn’t posted in over a year. What happened?

 

[adamsapple]

He is around deflecting & laughing at posts he didn't get laid off because he work for Apples

How'd the last topic you made go, onQ ?

 

[XXL]

DarkMage619 nod twice if you've been silenced.

 

[GHG]

Holy shit he hasn’t posted in over a year. What happened?

Xbox Marketing Budget Reportedly 'Reduced' In The Wake Of Microsoft Layoffs

Will we hear less from the company in the coming months?

www.purexbox.com

 

[Saber]

 

[lughnasadh123]

 

[XXL]

Xbox Marketing Budget Reportedly 'Reduced' In The Wake Of Microsoft Layoffs

Will we hear less from the company in the coming months?

www.purexbox.com

 

[onQ123]

This is sad though I don't like nothing about this & the people affected by this should come together & have something done about this whole situation.

 

[drganon]

DarkMage619 nod twice if you've been silenced.

Don't forget about riky and catlady.

 

[Warnen]

They will keep silent till they have some new exclusive to talk about…..


And that was the last we ever heard of Xbox.

 

[Kurotri]

Ah man I completely forgot about the feel the burn thing hahaha

 

[XXL]

This thread is almost instantly wandering into legendary status.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Xbox Marketing Budget Reportedly 'Reduced' In The Wake Of Microsoft Layoffs

Will we hear less from the company in the coming months?

www.purexbox.com

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I find this interesting because I will repost what I posted last night in the thread talking about Xbox next move

So was asked this evening to stop talking about this next Xbox (not from anyone here) so I will

 

[Klayzer]

Holy shit he hasn’t posted in over a year. What happened?

His new job; smash the like button for his comrades in the Xbox Defense Department faction of GAF.

 

[onQ123]

How'd the last topic you made go, onQ ?

Pretty good the message got across & my threads never stay dead see you soon I warned you but you keep setting yourself up for punishment

 

[PeteBull]

 

[drganon]

His new job; smash the like button for his comrades in the Xbox Defense Department.

That and post on resetera, where you aren't allowed to criticize xbox.

 

[winjer]

So Microsoft knows they are doing a reprehensible thing, with all these firing of workers.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I find this interesting because I will repost what I posted last night in the thread talking about Xbox next move

They're fucked, huh?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

They're fucked, huh?

Maybe they are closing up shop, I dunno I didn't ask