{"id":90177,"date":"2026-09-25T19:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90177"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:48:31","slug":"microsoft-ceo-attempts-to-kill-remaining-xbox-goodwill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90177","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft CEO Attempts To Kill Remaining Xbox Goodwill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Xbox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-after-the-layoffs-studios-left-and-what-theyre-making\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-after-the-layoffs-studios-left-and-what-theyre-making\/\">laid off 1,600 employees<\/a> over the summer, Microsoft&#8217;s gaming division followed up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/all-the-major-xbox-changes-microsoft-announced-today-layoffs-halo-changing-hands-and-more\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/all-the-major-xbox-changes-microsoft-announced-today-layoffs-halo-changing-hands-and-more\/\">with more layoffs<\/a> and studio closures this week. In the wake of these events, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is taking a look at the bright side and praising Xbox CEO Asha Sharma&#8217;s actions as a necessary step.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There&#8217;s some amount of streamlining the team is doing, and Asha is doing, which is great to see,&#8221; said Nadella during his appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/giE1O1-e2DY\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/giE1O1-e2DY\">Sources Podcast<\/a>. He also noted that he feels &#8220;fantastic about the IP we have right now. If I look at the studios, the IP portfolio we have, and our ability to then take that and produce great games going forward, I feel fantastic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have to invent the right sustainable business model that allows us to deliver gaming to more and more people,&#8221; added Nadella.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding AI, Nadella questioned why Western consumers are so skeptical about the technology compared to other parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think we&#8217;ve not given [AI] breathing space,&#8221; said Nadella. &#8220;In fact &#8230; I was reading the Gallup poll on AI and it&#8217;s not good in the West. What&#8217;s also very interesting \u2026 it&#8217;s not a uniform thing around<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Xbox laid off 1,600 employees over the summer, Microsoft&#8217;s gaming division followed up with more layoffs and studio closures this week. In the wake of these events, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is taking a look at the bright side and praising Xbox CEO Asha Sharma&#8217;s actions as a necessary step. &#8220;There&#8217;s some amount of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":90179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90180,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90177\/revisions\/90180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}