Microsoft Bloodbath

Microsoft employees have a really bad day. Are digital games a good thing? We look at what some users are saying about the Nintendo Store and some more news about Microsoft and their desire to take over the world. http://www.joystickandmouse.com http://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: Microsoft laid off more than 9000 employees this past week. Along with the devastating effect on the lives of those people the ripple effect across the tech landscape did not miss the video game world. So let's take a look at what was impacted by this latest labor cut and what the industry thought of it. https://www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-canceled-games-and-studios-layoffs-2025 https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/its-heartbreaking-the-pokemon-company-tech-vp-joins-industry-in-criticising-microsoft-layoffs You buy a game on steam and it goes ito your library. You own that game, right? Well it doesn't seem possible but what if Steam went out of business? Can't happen, think Google Stadia. You would loose access to those games that you paid money for. Well a new online initiative called stop killing games aims to close that loophole. https://wccftech.com/publishers-argue-stop-killing-games-proposals-would-make-online-games-prohibitively-expensive/ https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en In another instance of some people have way too much time on their hands, users of Nintendo Online believe they have figured out a future release for the Switch 2. How you say? By crossing their eyes and turning their head slightly to the side and staring at blurry pixels in the background of the site. https://www.ign.com/articles/fans-analysing-blurry-pixels-believe-nintendo-switch-online-is-getting-super-smash-bros-for-its-n64-catalogue-and-now-the-hunt-is-on-for-more?_gl=1*e7vdzw*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg4MTU3Mjc3LjE3NTE5MzE4MTE.*_ga_736S6FVMCL*czE3NTE5MzE4MTAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTE5MzE4MTAkajYwJGwwJGgw Game pass is a good deal and almost everyone I know has it. But is it a good thing? Raphael Colantonio--one of the co-founders of Arcane Studios doesn't think so. Let's look at what He has to say. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/arkane-co-founder-unloads-on-game-pass-calls-it-unsustainable/1100-6532991/