Sources: some Xbox staffers say they are relieved that Sarah Bond is leaving, after she led a pivot away from the console with the “Xbox everywhere” strategy
Microsoft has a new gaming CEO who wants to bring Xbox back from the brink. … Xbox fans had been anticipating the retirement …
The Verge Tom Warren
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@nickstatt
Nick Statt
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Really good play by play from the always excellent @tomwarren.co.uk on what went down at Xbox last week and all the inner turmoil that preceded it. www.theverge.com/tech/883015/ ...
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@tomwarren.co.uk
Tom Warren
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Inside Microsoft's big Xbox leadership shake-up. Microsoft has a new gaming CEO who wants to bring Xbox back from the brink. I've been speaking to Xbox employees about how it all went down. Gift link for emergency Notepad issue this week 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/883015/ ...
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Pure Xbox
Fraser Gilbert
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Xbox's ‘Pivot Away From Console’ Had Been Failing And Questioned At Microsoft, Claims Report
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@aegies
Arthur Gies
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there's obviously very useful reporting here from @tomwarren.co.uk, but it's hard for me to read this and not feel like bond is being thrown under the bus for the failure of a strategy that was dictated more or less from the top of MS to Xbox. www.theverge.com/tech/883015/ ...
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Inside Xbox's big leadership shakeup- The Verge
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r/kindafunny
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Great article by Tom Warren on Xbox shakeup
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@mr_rebs_
@mr_rebs_
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The Verge/Tom Warren just reported that Microsoft chose Asha Sharma over Sarah Bond to be Microsoft Gaming's CEO because: •The pivot away from console was led by Bond and hasn't gone well for Xbox. •Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue has declined for three financial years in a
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@midimyers.com
@midimyers.com
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it's..... interesting to me that this framing of bond's departure takes care to note that she was not a gamer, and that the other incoming female exec is not a gamer either. i'm not entirely convinced that “being a gamer” helps someone be a good executive at xbox www.theverge.co…
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Ryan Parreno
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Microsoft Gaming Shakeup: Phil Spencer & Sarah Bond Out, Asha Sharma In As New CEO
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@jezcorden
Jez
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I do feel like Sarah is being a tad scapegoated a bit here. Even if the “This is an Xbox” campaign was hers, there were people higher up the chain that should've recognized how much of a bad idea it was. I dunno. Tom Warren reports on Sarah Bond: https://www.windowscentral.com/ .…
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Xbox Update:
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@detectiveseeds
@detectiveseeds
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First Counter to The Verge article: Sarah Bond started her position as President of Xbox on October 26th, 2023. Phil Spencer was talking publicly about the initial vision of “Xbox Everywhere” July 2020, and then “Xbox Everywhere Focus” August 2021. Sarah Bond was a Corporate
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@romudeth
Tony Polanco
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Are they already throwing Sarah Bond under the bus? That's dirty stuff, bro.
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@theghostofhope
Hope
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I'm not saying Phil or Bond were perfect but this is a certified hit piece on a Monday morning to change the narratives from over the weekend. I think people are gonna see that Phil and likely even Bond were stopping a lot more layoffs and AI integration from happening with Xbox.
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@mgsiegler
M.G. Siegler
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From almost exactly two years ago, I think this pretty much nailed the disastrous strategy that would unfold... https://spyglass.org/exbox/
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M.G. Siegler
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From almost exactly two years ago, I think this pretty much nailed the disastrous strategy that would unfold... [embedded post]
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@seamus
Seamus Blackley
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Some people really have a way with words. Me not have way here Dean with. gamesbeat.com/what-an-xbox...
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