微软的xboxoriginals是一系列原创电视项目，今年6月才首次亮相，但它们已经是首席执行官萨蒂亚•纳德拉（Satya Nadella）新一轮重组的牺牲品。雷科德报道说，微软将关闭其Xbox娱乐工作室，裁员是未来12个月计划裁员18000人的一部分。微软对其Xbox娱乐工作室有着宏大的计划，其中包括史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格（Steven Spielberg）执导的备受期待的《光环》（Halo）系列。在给Xbox员工的一份内部备忘录中，Xbox首席执行官Phil Spencer指出，Halo系列将与Signal to Noise一起继续，但微软不会生产未来的项目。

XboxOriginals上个月推出了真人秀系列赛EverStreetUnited，主要关注世界杯前的街头足球。微软的原创电视连续剧本应与亚马逊（Amazon）和Netflix（Netflix）等公司接轨，为Xbox One的新娱乐焦点设计了多种多样的节目。微软首席执行官萨蒂娅•纳德拉（satyanadella）最近在一份员工备忘录中呼吁关注云计算和移动计算的生产力，而Xbox目前并不提供这些领域的服务。不过，纳德拉确实指出，“微软将继续大力创新Xbox，取悦游戏玩家。”在微软宣布推出价值399美元的免费新版本Xbox One后不久，其游戏机销量就翻了一番。微软新的Xbox领导者Phil Spencer也非常关注Xbox的游戏方面。

美国东部时间下午1:47更新：我们收到了Phil Spencer发给Xbox员工的内部备忘录。文章已经更新以反映这一点，下面提供了备忘录。

I hope you have had a chance to read today’s mails from Satya. I wanted to take a moment to share a few thoughts on what this means for our team and some of the changes we are making as a result.

In last week’s mail outlining some of the steps towards creating the culture and organization to bring our ambiti*** to life, Satya called out the strategic importance of Xbox as a strong c***umer brand, a creative center for gaming and a leader in bold innovation. Every member of Team Xbox should be incredibly proud of the impact and reach your work has within the walls of Microsoft, with our developer community and most importantly, with c***umers.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for a mobile-first and cloud-first world, and games are the single biggest digital life category in a mobile-first world.  Success in this category, by growing a robust Xbox business, brings additional value to Microsoft. I have stated this before, but for Xbox to be successful, we must remain committed to being a c***umer-driven organization with the mission of meeting the high expectati*** of a passionate fan base, to create the best games and to drive technical innovation.

As part of the planned reduction to our overall workforce announced today and in light of our organization’s mission, we plan to streamline a handful of portfolio and engineering development efforts across Xbox. One such plan is that, in the coming months, we expect to close Xbox Entertainment Studios. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the accomplishments from the entire team in XES. They have built an impressive slate of original programming and pioneered interactive entertainment on Xbox, such as the innovative reality series ‘Every Street United’ that succeeded in uniting audiences around the globe during the recent World Cup. I am pleased that Nancy, Jordan and members of the XES team remain committed to new, original programming already in production like the upcoming documentary series ‘Signal to Noise’ whose first installment takes on the rise and fall of gaming icon Atari and of course, the upcoming game franchise series ‘Halo: Nightfall,’ and the ‘Halo’ Television series which will continue as planned with 343 Industries.  Xbox will continue to support and deliver interactive sports content like ‘NFL on Xbox,’ and we will continue to enhance our entertainment offering on c***ole by innovating the TV experience through the monthly c***ole updates. Additionally, our app partnerships with world-class content providers bringing entertainment, sports and TV content to Xbox customers around the world are not impacted by this organizational change in any way and remain an important component of our Xbox strategy.

Change is never easy, but I believe the changes announced today help us better align with our long-term goals. We have an incredible opportunity ahead of us to define what the next generation of gaming looks like for the growing Xbox community. I have a great deal of confidence in this team and know that with clarity of focus on our mission and our customers we can accomplish great things together. We already have.

Thank you again for all you do for Xbox.

Phil