‘Xbox is not for sale’ says Microsoft’s gaming chief

<figure> <img alt="Asha Sharma on a background of green Xbox logos." data-caption="Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge, Microsoft" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/268364_Inside_Microsofts_big_Xbox_leadership_shakeup_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has denied reports that Microsoft is considering selling off its Xbox business. <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-considered-spinning-xbox-plans-new-halo-fallout-games"><em>The Information</em></a> reported in June that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood had been considering spinning out Xbox, and then <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-xbox-cut-hundreds-jobs-consolidate-game-studios">reported</a> earlier this month that both execs have "more recently supported Sharma's plans to overhaul the unit."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"Xbox is not for sale," says Sharma in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/arts/xbox-microsoft-asha-sharma.html">interview with <em>The New York times</em></a>. "We will do whatever it takes to set the company up for success, and we will look at the right partnerships, the right operating model and everything needed to achieve that."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It appears that Nadella and Hood have favored the …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1002736/xbox-not-for-sale-asha-sharma-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>