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In a memo to employees, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma lays out priorities for the unit, including returning to player and revenue growth by the end of fiscal year 2027 (www.theverge.com)
9 hours ago Xbox

Microsoft reports Q4 Windows OEM and Devices revenue down 7% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue down 13%, and Xbox content and services revenue down 10% (www.theverge.com)
1 day ago Microsoft 4Q Xbox

Xbox says it is working to resolve a “major outage” affecting its Account & Profile, Store & Subscriptions, and Apps & Mobile services (www.videogameschronicle.com)
4 days ago Mobile Xbox

Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders, limited to one-hour sessions for the games users already own (www.theverge.com)
7 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft Announces Xbox Backward Compatibility For PC (games.slashdot.org)
8 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Xbox expands its backward compatibility program to PC, starting with four classic original games with support for resolution upscaling, V-Sync, and more (www.windowscentral.com)
8 days ago Xbox

Meta adds the Xbox Game Pass starter edition to its Horizon Plus plan, which costs $60/year or $8/month; the starter pass allows 10 hours of gaming per month (www.cnet.com)
9 days ago Xbox

A profile of Asha Sharma, an outsider elevated by Satya Nadella to lead Xbox, where she made sweeping job cuts and shed game studios within her first few months (www.ft.com)
18 days ago Xbox

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh names Marc Andreessen and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead a task force on the economic impact of new technologies, including AI (www.washingtonpost.com)
21 days ago AI Xbox

Sources detail Xbox's big reset after its Game Pass strategy failed; Xbox spent nearly $80B on content deals, but gamers prefer to stick with a handful of games (www.bloomberg.com)
23 days ago Xbox

Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 5,000 Employees Across Xbox, Commercial Sales (games.slashdot.org)
24 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Xbox appoints Helen Chiang as its first COO; Chiang was previously corporate vice president for the Minecraft Franchise and the studio head of Minecraft (gamesbeat.com)
24 days ago Xbox

Source: Xbox Game Pass currently has about 30M subscriptions; document: Microsoft had projected Game Pass subscriptions would reach around 77M this year (www.wsj.com)
24 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the unit will divest five studios, including Ninja Theory, alongside 3,200 job cuts, to streamline the business, in a “reset” (www.bloomberg.com)
24 days ago Xbox

Memo: Microsoft is laying off ~4,800 employees, or ~2.1% of its workforce; most layoffs are in Xbox, where ~8% are being cut, rising to 15% in this fiscal year (www.theverge.com)
24 days ago Microsoft Layoffs Xbox

Sources: Microsoft has been working on a disc-to-digital feature for Xbox One and Xbox Series X that will let users digitize their physical game collections (www.theverge.com)
29 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Sources: Microsoft plans to announce job cuts next week affecting less than 2.5% of its 220,000-person workforce, including roles in sales, consulting, and Xbox (www.businessinsider.com)
30 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft says the price of Xbox consoles will increase on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price increase since 2025 (kotaku.com)
2026-6-26 Microsoft Xbox

Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-16 Microsoft Xbox

Sources: Microsoft considered spinning out or restructuring its Xbox unit as a wholly-owned subsidiary, or creating a joint venture with other partners (www.theinformation.com)
2026-6-13 Microsoft Xbox

Q&A with Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball about returning to console-exclusive releases, how using in-game ads could offset development costs, and more (www.thegamebusiness.com)
2026-6-12 Xbox

Xbox CEO Says Current Margins 'Cannot Continue' (games.slashdot.org)
2026-6-12 Xbox

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” in the next 100 days, citing challenges like annual revenue down ~$500M over the past five years (www.theverge.com)
2026-6-11 Xbox

Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-11 Microsoft Layoffs Budget Xbox

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost “millions” of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025 (www.gamespot.com)
2026-6-10 Xbox

Xbox Game Exclusivity Will Be Decided on a 'Case-by-Case' Basis, Microsoft Says (games.slashdot.org)
2026-6-9 Microsoft Xbox

Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform (www.gamespot.com)
2026-6-8 Microsoft Xbox

'Call Of Duty: Warzone' Is Shutting Down On PS4 And Xbox One (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-31 Xbox

Microsoft Hires Analyst With Influential Video Game Blog To Fix Xbox (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-22 Microsoft Xbox

Internal memo: Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and names Scott Van Vliet, who led Azure AI infrastructure, as Xbox CTO (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-21 AI Xbox

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