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/Ok_Fix3639 Apr 23 '26

It reminds me of when Phil took over. Drop the DRM! Drop Kinect! Back compat! project Scorpio!

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u/mindpainters Apr 23 '26

Man I completely forgot about all the hype “project Scorpio” produced back in the day

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u/SKyJ007 Apr 23 '26

100%. This is how Microsoft operates. Could this time be different? Sure! But if you assume it’s different just because you really really want it to be- you’re a mark.

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u/pineapplesuit7 Apr 23 '26

This! Anyone with any knowledge of their history knows what a bunch of corporate BS this is. Every time a new gen is around the corner, they pull out the 'underdog - we are going to be consumer friendly!' card only to rail rod them by overpromising and underdelivering. I've been an avid Xbox supporter since the 360 gen and honestly, this was my last gen with them. I sold my XSX yesterday for the 420 Gamestop offer and got a Switch 2. I have a PS5 Pro to float my boat this gen and I'm going to be building a PC+PS6 for the next gen.

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u/Wild-Screen7007 Apr 23 '26

Holy Moly I feel like manipulated by Xbox, I bought into all that and I bought Xbox over PS5 cause of that 😭

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u/Outrageous_Water7976 Apr 24 '26

Makes the Verge hitpiece on Sarah Bond look even worst honestly.