I don't care who they fire, all their games will suck unless they stop making them for the MODERN AUDIENCE.
Microsoft hasn't produced any great first party games that didn't already exist BEFORE Microsoft got involved.
Halo? Pre-existed. Gears of War? Pre-existed.
And all their studio stopped making great new games/IP's after they'd been bought.
Microsoft has a dysfunctional management culture, and they make crappy First Party games. They need to fix their mismanagement first, or no wave of layoffs or shutterings is gonna save them.
The head of Xbox Games Studio, Craig Duncan, has stepped down
[via The Game Business]