# MASSIVE Job cuts from Xbox | Ads come to Console & PC | Gamified 167

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Podcast: [Gamified](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gamified-7079607)
Published: 2026-07-10T17:36:05+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samuel-j-steffanina/episodes/MASSIVE-Job-cuts-from-Xbox--Ads-come-to-Console--PC--Gamified-167-e3ltte3
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Is Asha Sharma's reset actually making Xbox a healthy business? What the **** was Phil Spencer doing, and how did he survive 38 years at Microsoft to walk out with Xbox losing 64 cents on every dollar? On a scale of 0 to 10, how do you feel about ads becoming standard on console and PC? Funds moving from equity to project financing: bullish or bullshit? Is this the death of gaming VC, or a necessary evolution? CHAPTERS: 2:22 - Xbox Cuts Jobs & Studios | Buy or Sell 21:30 - Xbox loses 64c on Every Dollar | Autopsy 48:56 - Ads on Console | Buy or Sell 1:09:46 - Equity vs Project Financing | Bullish or Bullshit Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYlGzPx45Rw Host: Sam Steffanina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsteffanina/ PANEL: Chris Heatherly — Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheatherly/ Kohji Nagata (Parallel) - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod Wills Spangler — GameCred - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wills-spangler/ Tony Valcarcel (Makko.ai) - https://x.com/Tvalc Colan Neese — Screen Engine / mindGAME Data - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colanneese/ Matthew Buxton - Warp Chain (ex-Rovio, Jagex) - https://x.com/BuxtonMatthew

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