EA Japan exec laments Microsoft's crushing layoffs, and the demands shareholders make for 'short-term results from large-scale investments'

Microsoft's latest round of brutal layoffs and studio closures have garnered more attention than usual—possibly because Phil Spencer had the gall to boast about how its gaming business has "never looked stronger" in the same announcement that saw 9,000 employees laid off across its gaming division and several major projects cancelled.

So much attention, in fact, that EA Japan's general manager Shaun Noguchi has taken to X to voice his dismay over the situation (thanks, Automaton). You might've seen 'EA' there and gone 'hold on...