In an interview with Kotaku, Spencer clearly stated that Microsoft does not need to release Bethesda's upcoming The Elder Scrolls VI on PlayStation platforms to recoup its $7.5 billion purchase.

Xbox-owner Microsoft has acquired the games company behind blockbuster titles including Doom, Fallout, Skyrim and Wolfenstein. It is paying $7.5bn (£5.85bn) for Bethesda's parent ZeniMax Media.

Microsoft assured employees “Bethesda remains one of the key pillars ... Some believe it encourages players to subscribe instead of buy games, upending an age-old system without a safety net ...

Nadella didn’t detail which parts of Microsoft would be affected by these layoffs, only saying that there would be, “changes to our hardware portfolio.” A report from Bloomberg however, states that ...

Hundreds of staff at Bethesda parent company ZeniMax ... largest video game union in the US. At the time, Microsoft was still battling to buy Activision Blizzard, and was keen to voluntarily ...