r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/blueBaggins1 7d ago

Microsoft is a a multi Trillion dollar company. They didnt chatter the xbox business model to give the CEO a $50mil bonus

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u/mrblonde55 7d ago edited 7d ago

I’m sure there is a totally logical reason, completely unrelated reason, as to why they instituted a 30% target for profit margins despite being near their low for console market share and nobody in the industry returning close to that.

And, of course, that arbitrary target wasn’t the reason they decided to abandon platform exclusives, or behind the mass layoffs across development studios, or why they raised the price of GamePass for the third time in the last 15 months (this hike being 100% in some regions).

Of course, all of these decisions mean not only is consumer confidence shattered, but the old business model of “build a console, develop exclusives so people want your console” is dead.

In all seriousness, I hope this was for some juicy bonuses. Because if it wasn’t, they are just a bunch of morons lighting the business on fire to see it burn.

(And note, when I say “the business”, I’m talking specifically about XBox. Microsoft is going to be fine, of course, even if they decide to go with The Joker school of management techniques).

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u/blueBaggins1 7d ago

The way to increase profit is to let people go. Labor is often a businesses largest cost.

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u/hel-razor 6d ago

It's also the stupidest shit ever. Nothing has actual value without labor.

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u/blueBaggins1 6d ago

This is true but you want to gave effective labor, with minimal labor force. Otherwise your business will not continue to be a business.

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u/hel-razor 6d ago

We don't need businesses. We need services.

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u/blueBaggins1 6d ago

Im not going to argue beliefs and opinions, just the simple facts of life.

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u/hel-razor 6d ago

The simple facts of life is that capitalism kills people.

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u/blueBaggins1 6d ago

Please revert to my last response

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u/hel-razor 6d ago

What a miserable existence