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@Colteastwood With all due respect, the damage is already done. It honestly hurts to see her on PlayStation… I never thought I’d feel this way. I truly hope things will change, and soon. It’s just really sad to see Major 117 on PlayStation 😞

Sorry. This is your last and only Halo game on PlayStation.

@eXtas1stv @XBOX @asha_shar He can always apply to PlayStation afterwards! The guy is basically advertising for the competition, seriously… 🤣

@eXtas1stv This guy has no place at @Xbox. I hope he’s already gone or that he’ll be part of the next wave of layoffs. It’s a disgrace. @asha_shar

Ya no hay camiseta de Playstation en el equipo de Halo 🫣

@GameSpot Are you serious? Stop spewing bullshit every five minutes. Spreading fake rumors just because one guy said something is pathetic. Use your brain for once.

Xbox’s Console Future Looks Bleak In New Industry Forecast dlvr.it/TTXMrZ

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RT @astaranx: Sony by stopping physical discs games would also remove themselves from all these countries because there’s no psn stores in…

🛑 RUMOR BUSTER: Microsoft Refutes Xbox CEO Conspiracy Theories ​Microsoft CCO Frank Shaw officially shuts down the viral conspiracy theories circulating after the latest round of Xbox layoffs. Rumors claimed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma was replacing domestic talent with H-1B visa workers, but corporate communications confirmed she is a born-and-raised California girl, educated entirely in the US. Don't fall for the misinformation. ​Do you think these rumors are just bad faith console wars, or does tech industry anxiety make people buy into anything? #Xbox #GamingNews #IndustryLayoffs #TechRumors

@IGN The best choice for @XBOX is to make big games exclusive to their platform. It will take time, but once players understand, owning an Xbox will become essential.

Microsoft reportedly plans to make more of its best games console exclusive so people actually have a reason to buy an Xbox console. So what could skip PlayStation? bit.ly/4eZiH2h

@XboxTimdog It’s the best thing to do. Personally, I’ll buy all the exclusives again if they do it!

What’s going on? You suck maybe ?

@XboxTimdog This is exactly what we’ve been asking for for years: the return of true exclusives. That’s the main reason people buy a console. Performance and ecosystem matter, but exclusives remain the real driving force of the console market.

Oh my I so called it

Bloomberg: "While big multiplayer games will still be available on all major platforms, [Xbox] will make more of its best titles exclusive to Xbox so gamers have a reason to buy its console." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@JezCorden @XRays_Insider This is exactly what we’ve been asking for for years: the return of true exclusives. That’s the main reason people buy a console. Performance and ecosystem matter, but exclusives remain the real driving force of the console market. @asha_shar @XBOX

A new report suggests Xbox CEO Asha Sharma will explore even more exclusive titles for console. In my opinion, if you're forced to sell hardware at a premium, you kinda have NO CHOICE but to give people reasons to buy your stuff. windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/re… Here's what I know.

@asha_shar @alonso57_max I truly believe in you and your teams. Asha, keep going you’re doing an incredible job. I sincerely hope that @XBOX will continue to grow thanks to you. Stay strong, and thank you for your passion.

This is an important email I sent today to all employees at XBOX: Team, We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I've made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and in addition, four studios will leave XBOX to new management. I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day, and I wanted to be direct about the scale. I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX. Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today's decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication. Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3–10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset XBOX. First, we will reset our content portfolio. Since 2018, we have aggressively expanded our studio portfolio while the number of games created each month across the industry now outpaces the last ten years combined. We now find ourselves competing not only with the largest publishers, but also with smaller independent studios. It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. We have also learned that we are not the best home for every type of studio; in a typical year, we lost 64 cents for every dollar we invested. As we reset XBOX, we will help independent creators succeed by providing open development tools and audiences to realize their vision. Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will return to management and transition to independent studios with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have entered terms to join new ownership with funding to complete and grow Senua and State of Decay 3. In France, Arkane’s management is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options. We are also making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and XBOX Game Studios. None of our first party publicly announced games or projects are being cancelled as part of these reductions. In addition, Mojang and King will now report directly to me. These two studios have increasingly become platforms and are our largest by monthly active players. They bring critical geographic, demographic, and differentiation to XBOX. Second, we will reset our platform. We know that great technology gets better when it gets simpler, not bigger. Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management. Our platform teams are 40% larger than they were at the start of this generation, even as our player base and playtime have declined. That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify. We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3. We will deliver success through a flatter organization that is built around makers (individual contributors focused on building), player-coaches (leaders who remain deeply involved in the work while developing their teams), and directly responsible individuals (DRIs) who own key decisions and outcomes. And we will streamline how we work across our tools, with a cleaner code base, shared services, and 50% reduced vendor spend. Third, we are resetting how we operate. As XBOX grew our headcount, we became more fragmented. Teams, studios, and functions often operate independently, and it became harder to work towards a shared goal, make the right tradeoffs, and get things done. For the first time, we are establishing a Chief Operating Officer with end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services. Helen Chiang has been promoted to this role and will report directly to me. Over nearly two decades at XBOX, Helen has helped build some of our most important businesses, from XBOX Live to leading Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. She will bring our businesses together under one operating model, making sure we make clear investment decisions, learn from our successes and failures, and hold ourselves accountable for results. Thank you, Dave McCarthy, who is retiring after 17 years with XBOX. Dave has played a defining role in building the platform that millions of players rely on every day and has been a trusted partner through many of the biggest moments in XBOX's history. We wish him all the best. These changes are about a bigger future for XBOX, not a smaller one. The next decade of gaming will be larger, more global, and more creative than anything we've seen before. This year, we'll invest as much in XBOX as we ever have, but we'll invest with greater focus, greater discipline, and greater clarity, all in service of making XBOX where the world plays and creates. I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day and gives everyone the opportunity to create and connect. I know we can achieve this goal. XBOX has many of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history, talented studios around the world, and we will return to growth in 2027. History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them. Asha

PlayStation is dropping physical media, and the same people are bingeing Netflix and Amazon Prime… ridiculous. You talk about a boycott? Then go all the way: stop streaming, buy your movies and music. Otherwise, keep your lectures to yourself.@PlayStation

That’s seriously impressive @XBOX style advertising at its best! Even if it’s not official, it’s huge! 🤣

@JezCorden I'm currently replaying the Tomb Raider games on @Xbox with FPS Boost and Auto HDR. It honestly makes such a huge difference it's absolutely awesome! 😍 And every now and then, I jump into a few matches of @DeadbyDaylight, especially since it's available on Game Pass. 🎮

What game should I play this weekend?