New Xbox boss keeps saying all the right things as Game Pass price drop teased

It’ll be a long while before we see if Sharma’s leadership is a net positive for Xbox (Microsoft)

Asha Sharma has already acknowledged the demand for a return to Xbox exclusives and now it’s claimed to be something the company is seriously considering.

There was plenty of scepticism going around when Asha Sharma took over from Phil Spencer as head of Xbox, back in February, given she has zero experience working in the video games industry and only joined Microsoft in 2024, as president of the company’s CoreAI project.

This sparked debates about whether a video game exec needs to be a gamer to ...