Xbox CEO lays out priorities in memo after major 'reset'

Core Impact Points

• Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants to return the company to growth by the end of fiscal year 2027, with a focus on strengthening the platform, growing great games into global franchises, making Minecraft the world's creator platform, and extending the worlds that fans love.
• The company will measure progress toward its goals in three stages: returning to growth, turning its bets into growth, and scaling what works.
• Xbox will shift its studio system from a decentralized model to one that's more focused around its strongest franchises and biggest new ideas.
• The company plans to invest in Minecraft 'more than ever before' and lean on Candy Crush-maker King to grow its share in casual games.
• Xbox aims to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day, with an ambitious goal to achieve this by fiscal year 2030.
• The company's current playerbase is over 100 million people every day, with a goal to increase this number through its new strategies.