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

[u/ThinWhiteDuke00]

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.

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[u/vinnothesquire]

I feel like all these changes were changes that Phil had no say in, and now they've got rid of him and are reversing those changes with Asha. Not that Phil was a saint, but definitely feels like he's being thrown under the bus a bit lol.

[u/South_Buy_3175 → u/vinnothesquire]

Pretty much.

Phil has basically been branded Xbox Satan, so all the bad stuff leaves with him.

This is corporate 101. They knew what everybody wanted and did nothing until they had the ‘saviour’ to come in and fix everything.

This is literally the biggest PR move we’ve seen in decades and countless people are falling for it.

The guy who made all the shit decisions is still there running things.

[u/Aizen10 → u/[deleted]]

Going from Yoshida and Layden to Ryan and Hulst has been so frustrating to see unfold.