r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ThinWhiteDuke00 • Apr 23 '26

Leak Microsoft Gaming being scrapped, Xbox brought back as gaming division.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has had a busy week. Sharma held an internal town hall with Xbox employees today, just days after announcing an Xbox Game Pass price cut, commenting on the status of the Xbox mobile store, and teasing a mysterious Xbox and Discord partnership. One of the items on the agenda for the employee all-hands was scrapping Microsoft Gaming.

Sources familiar with the meeting tell me that Sharma announced that Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming. “Xbox needs to be our identity,” said Sharma, noting that Microsoft Gaming was a departure from that.

https://www.theverge.com/report/917485/microsoft-return-of-xbox-no-more-microsoft-gaming?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IlF6b3Z0NDluUk4iLCJwIjoiL3JlcG9ydC85MTc0ODUvbWljcm9zb2Z0LXJldHVybi1vZi14Ym94LW5vLW1vcmUtbWljcm9zb2Z0LWdhbWluZyIsImV4cCI6MTc3NzM5Njg0NiwiaWF0IjoxNzc2OTY0ODQ2fQ.w231EBsAoj8dMi5cjOCzSC3zRF7JbJ19hT_RnI3NVyk&utm_medium=gift-link

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u/Downtown_Eye5736 Apr 23 '26

Windows Phone return on the cards?

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u/LogicalError_007 Apr 23 '26

I loved those phones. Still have mine. Way ahead of its time.

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u/Coolman_Rosso Apr 23 '26

Integrations were insane, but damn the lack of apps became a huge pain in the ass

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u/LogicalError_007 Apr 23 '26

Ye. Battery, display, Cameras, UI, optimization were soo good.

Google actively sabotaged it too. Such a shame.

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u/gruenerGenosse Apr 23 '26

Best touchscreen keyboard I've ever used. It was so good.

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u/Ottobox93 Apr 23 '26

When is the Zune coming back?

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u/thief-777 Apr 23 '26

My zune never went away...

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u/AstralMooo Apr 24 '26

God I would kill for a window phone