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# Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/961924/xbox-billion-users  

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## Overview

It's another bad week for the video game industry. Microsoft outlined a series of layoffs on Monday that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described as "the most significant restructure in Xbox history." But buried in Sharma's memo was a curiously optimistic statement: "I want Xbox to be one of the few companies that entertains more than […]

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