Ben Lindbergh

She isn't really from the gaming world.

So I don't know that we have learned anything definitive.

This is a big change, which was released somewhat hastily a week ago because of some reporting that was about to drop.

And so the timeline for these announcements was actually moved up, which was why it sort of seemed like a Friday news dump.

So the timing, I think, was not exactly the way Microsoft had planned it.

But Asher Sharma has been doing the rounds and doing various interviews and reassuring some people and scaring other people.

And we don't actually know much more about the direction of the gaming business at Microsoft than we did a week ago, but it muddies the waters even further.

Matt, what did you make of this change?

Start shuttering studios, Joshua Ribeiro.

Yes, Sample will save us all.

Claire Obscure, the shining beacon of the industry.

Just make more Claire Obscures.

It's easy.

Yes.

Yeah, I think if you look at the long term trajectory of Microsoft, it's not pointing up when it comes to the Xbox brand.

And there has been a lot of reporting about, yes, they're being held to certain expectations of profitability that are not the norm in video games.

And what kind of effects has that had?

What stood out to me in the interviews that we've seen so far?

is that there's been a lot of hedging, as you would expect.

There hasn't been any definitive, here's what we're doing, here's what I'm doing differently.