Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox
Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer has just announced he's leaving the company after 12 years leading Xbox and nearly 40 at Microsoft in total. His replacement: Asha Sharma, formerly head of development for Microsoft's AI enterprise teams. Before that, she was COO of Instacart for three years, and spent four at Meta in charge of the company's messaging apps.
What will Sharma do with Xbox? Read for yourself in her first internal memo, which we've printed in full below.
Sharma says she is committed to "the return of Xbox," games in "new categories and markets where we can add real value, grounded in what players care about most," and that g …