On Sunday, Microsoft put on its annual summer showcase at the Los Angeles Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to hype up the games coming in the year ahead: a Halo remake, a Gears of War prequel, a new action game starring Senua. At the showcase, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that fans with special badges at the event—all of whom paid their own way to Los Angeles and surely own an Xbox—will get a free limited edition Xbox Series X console.
On Wednesday, an open letter to Xbox employees titled "Xbox Reset" warned that the business is "currently unable to make as many consoles as players want to buy," and that the company "over extended" in its studio acquisition spree over the last few years. The casual tone of the message being signed "Asha and Matt" is a poor match for what it signals:
This month was the time for Asha's first big giveaway. Next month it will be time for Asha's
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