Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tells staff in an internal town hall that the company has “started to return to growth” following an earlier period of steep decline. Multiple outlets report she described the results as “green shoots” after what she frames as an “all-time low,” tied to recent changes inside the Xbox business.
Reports say the restructuring reorganises the gaming division and is accompanied by significant job cuts, with one outlet citing more than 1,800 layoffs. Outlets also describe Sharma’s assessment that the previous strategy was leading to “freefall” financial performance. While the reports focus on early signs of improvement, they do not provide detailed metrics publicly, and the accounts primarily summarise what Sharma told employees rather than independent results.
Overall, the outlets converge on Sharma’s message that the turnaround effort is starting to work, but they differ in emphasis—some highlighting layoffs and the scale of the reset, others focusing on the reported “return to growth” framing for Xbox first-party operations.
