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A profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who insists that “Xbox is not for sale” despite mass layoffs and divested studios since inheriting the flailing division (www.nytimes.com)
4 days ago Layoffs Xbox

'Xbox Is Not For Sale,' Says Microsoft's Gaming Chief (games.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Xbox has become a shell of its former self, weighed down by job cuts and studio closures, as it focuses on franchises like Halo and reaching “a billion people” (www.theverge.com)
12 days ago Xbox

Microsoft lays off 268 Xbox staffers across Halo and other studios, as part of an ongoing gaming “reset”; Activision will take over Halo and two other games (www.theverge.com)
12 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Source: Xbox plans to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff cut in 2026, as it also plans to consolidate several of its game studios (www.theinformation.com)
13 days ago Xbox

Xbox Cloud Gaming Switches to Monthly Hour Limits (games.slashdot.org)
2026-9-4 Xbox

Microsoft will open Xbox Cloud Gaming to non-Game Pass users via a pay-as-you-go model; Ultimate subs will be limited to 15 hours per month of cloud gaming (www.theverge.com)
2026-9-4 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft shifts from three reporting segments to two: Agents and Infra, including Microsoft 365 and Azure, and Devices and Consumer, with Windows and Xbox (www.wsj.com)
2026-9-3 Microsoft Xbox

Xbox's New Disc-to-Digital Program Gives Physical Games a Digital Future (games.slashdot.org)
2026-8-27 Xbox

Xbox announces a disc-to-digital feature that will allow users to digitize their existing physical games, rolling out for Xbox Insider testers on August 31 (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-27 Xbox

Asus opens pre-orders for the standalone Xbox Ally X20 at $1,300+, with shipments from October 15; a $2,500 bundle includes the X20 and ROG Xreal R1 glasses (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-25 Xbox

Microsoft Is Bringing Xbox 360 Games to PC (games.slashdot.org)
2026-8-4 Microsoft Xbox

Leaked doc: Microsoft plans to bring Xbox 360 games to PC, and the games will be able to run on the next-gen Project Helix console, “Xbox PCs”, and handhelds (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-4 Microsoft Xbox

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)
2026-7-31 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)
2026-7-29 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)
2026-7-27 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)
2026-7-24 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft Announces Xbox Backward Compatibility For PC (games.slashdot.org)
2026-7-23 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)
2026-7-23 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)
2026-7-22 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)
2026-7-13 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)
2026-7-10 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)
2026-7-8 Xbox

Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 5,000 Employees Across Xbox, Commercial Sales (games.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7 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)
2026-7-7 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)
2026-7-7 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)
2026-7-6 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)
2026-7-6 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)
2026-7-2 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)
2026-7-1 Microsoft Xbox

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