This week saw sweeping layoffs and Xbox divesting itself of five studios, shaking up the company once again. Xbox went on a massive buying spree throughout the 2010s and 2020s, but following the costly acquisition of Activision Blizzard and making big bets on Xbox Game Pass that haven’t seemed to pay off–as well as rising interest rates and inflation–this blank check policy has had a major impact on Xbox. Several waves of layoffs have hit Xbox’s various studios and developers…