微軟的xboxoriginals是一系列原創電視專案，今年6月才首次亮相，但它們已經是執行長薩蒂亞•納德拉（Satya Nadella）新一輪重組的犧牲品。雷科德報道說，微軟將關閉其Xbox娛樂工作室，裁員是未來12個月計劃裁員18000人的一部分。微軟對其Xbox娛樂工作室有著巨集大的計劃，其中包括史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格（Steven Spielberg）執導的備受期待的《光環》（Halo）系列。在給Xbox員工的一份內部備忘錄中，Xbox執行長Phil Spencer指出，Halo系列將與Signal to Noise一起繼續，但微軟不會生產未來的專案。

XboxOriginals上個月推出了真人秀系列賽EverStreetUnited，主要關註世界盃前的街頭足球。微軟的原創電視連續劇本應與亞馬遜（Amazon）和Netflix（Netflix）等公司接軌，為Xbox One的新娛樂焦點設計了多種多樣的節目。微軟執行長薩蒂婭•納德拉（satyanadella）最近在一份員工備忘錄中呼籲關註雲端計算和移動計算的生產力，而Xbox目前並不提供這些領域的服務。不過，納德拉確實指出，“微軟將繼續大力創新Xbox，取悅遊戲玩家。”在微軟宣佈推出價值399美元的免費新版本Xbox One後不久，其遊戲機銷量就翻了一番。微軟新的Xbox領導者Phil Spencer也非常關註Xbox的遊戲方面。

美國東部時間下午1:47更新：我們收到了Phil Spencer發給Xbox員工的內部備忘錄。文章已經更新以反映這一點，下麵提供了備忘錄。

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