Phil Spencer Retires, as New Xbox Boss Is Named

What’s Happening

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You can always read the original article here: Phil Spencer Retires, as New Xbox Boss Is Named After close to 40 years at Microsoft, Xbox brand boss Phil Spencer is retiring, and its set to take effect this coming week, on February 23. The news comes from leaked sources familiar with the situation, as an internal email has been sent to Microsoft staff today informing them of the leadership changes about to [] We love your comments! (it feels like chaos)

Leave one at the Home News Phil Spencer Retires, as New Xbox Boss Is Named by Alex Co 4:09 pm in News After close to 40 years at Microsoft, Xbox brand boss Phil Spencer is retiring, and its set to take effect this coming week, on February 23.

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RELATED Xbox Studios Boss Wants to Be “More Consistent” With Its PS5 Release Timing in the Future At this past weeks Xbox Showcase, Microsoft locked in what we all knew was an inevitability, and thats Xbox first-party games releasing simultaneously on PS5 alongside the Xbox and PC versions. Its not just Spencer thats departing Microsoft, as Xbox President Sarah Bond, who was pegged to be Spencers successor, has resigned.

Microsofts Xbox Division Sees Major Shake-Up With Sarah Bonds departure, the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be Asha Sharma, rn the President of Microsofts CoreAI. Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty meanwhile is being to Chief Content Officer and will work closely with Sharma.

Why This Matters

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has penned a later that was sent to Microsoft staff that read (via IGN ): Gaming has been part of Microsoft from the start. Flight Simulator shipped before Windows, and you can practically ray‑trace a line from DirectX in the ’90s to the accelerated‑compute era we’re in today. As we celebrate Xbox’s 25th year, the opportunity and innovation agenda in front of us is expansive.

The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.

The Bottom Line

Today we reach over 500 million monthly active users, are a top publisher across all platforms, and continue to innovate across gaming hardware, content and community, in service of creators and players everywhere. I am long on gaming and its role at the center of our consumer ambition, and as we look ahead, I’m excited to that Asha Sharma will become Executive Vice President and CEO, Microsoft Gaming, reporting to me.

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