Microsoft lays off 1900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees

activision routinely lays off hundreds of employees

in 2019 it was over 800

in 2021 it was 200

xbox, in this case, laid off staff not only from the abk side, but also their own side, thus equaling more than abk has itself ever done.

in 2020 microsoft laid off over 20,000 employees

this is not fucking unusual, and trying to argue that less or none would be laid off if the merger never happened is stupid and a strawman argument since the historical facts disagree with you.