"Freshly minted Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma has kicked off the newest era of Xbox leadership with an open thread on Elon Musk's social media platform. Coming from Microsoft's AI division, the former marketer with little experience in gaming faces a wave of skepticism from fans at the exact moment when trust in the Xbox brand has never been more challenged following waves of developer layoffs, game cancellations, and studio closures."
"She began with a simple question to her influx of new gaming followers. "Top 3 greatest games ever? Why? GO" reads her second post on X since replacing outgoing 38-year Microsoft veteran Phil Spencer. "For me it's Halo, Valheim, Goldeneye," she told one user. Others asked which Halo. An Xbox Gamertag Sharma shared with another user included playtime in both Halo Infinite and Halo: Master Chief Collection."
"Amid the more than one thousand responses, Sharma was asked the obvious question on most Xbox players' minds: what about exclusives? Microsoft's shift from fierce console war competition with Sony to actively porting its biggest franchises to PlayStation 5 has read to many long-time fans as a betrayal and, perhaps even worse, a sign that the tech giant has given up on Xbox as a viable contender in the console gaming space."
Asha Sharma assumed the Microsoft Gaming CEO role from an AI division and opened an X thread asking followers for their top three games. The post drew over a thousand replies that mixed curiosity and skepticism amid recent developer layoffs, game cancellations, and studio closures that have eroded trust in Xbox. Sharma's Gamertag shows playtime in Halo Infinite and Halo: Master Chief Collection, and her activity includes the indie Ball x Pitt; she also said she would try Borderlands 2 after a recommendation. Many long-time players pressed her about the future of Xbox exclusives as Microsoft ports major franchises to PlayStation.
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