[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-microsoft-says-xbox-is-not-for-sale-but-overhaul-continues":10,"sections":44},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":39,"feedback":43,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":43,"total_tokens":43},8795,"microsoft-says-xbox-is-not-for-sale-but-overhaul-continues","Microsoft Says Xbox Is Not For Sale, But Overhaul Continues","Xbox CEO Asha Sharma denies Microsoft is exploring a sale, even as reports describe internal plans to restructure the gaming unit's operating model.","Microsoft's Xbox boss says the console business isn't going anywhere.\n\nIn an interview with The New York Times, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said flatly: \"Xbox is not for sale.\" She added that Microsoft will \"look at the right partnerships, the right operating model and everything needed\" to set the unit up for success. The denial responds to two reports from The Information: one in June saying CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood had discussed spinning off Xbox, and a more recent one saying the pair now back Sharma's plan to overhaul the division instead of selling it.\n\nThe reporting arc described by The Information - from weighing a sale to backing an overhaul - suggests Microsoft's leadership settled on restructuring Xbox rather than divesting it. But Sharma's own phrase \"the right partnerships\" leaves room for deals that fall short of a full sale, so her denial closes off one scenario without ruling out others.\n\nRuling out a sale of Xbox is not the same as ruling out a sale of part of it - a stake, a studio, or a slice of whatever \"operating model\" Sharma says is still under review.","[\"xbox\",\"microsoft\",\"gaming\",\"corporate-strategy\"]","2026-09-30T16:24:30.000Z","2026-10-01T03:19:13.131Z","2026-10-01T03:19:17.720Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Cut or attribute the claim that Microsoft has 'already leaned on licensing deals and multi-platform releases for exclusives once reserved for Xbox consoles' — it's not grounded in the provided source material and reads as an unsourced editorializing aside.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Cut the unsourced generalizations in the analysis paragraphs (e.g. 'A flat denial like this usually surfaces only after speculation has gotten loud enough...' and 'Corporate reassurances age unpredictably...') — they're unattributed editorializing not grounded in the two reports cited, and should be replaced with analysis tied directly to the sourced facts.","gaming",[36,37,34,38],"xbox","microsoft","corporate-strategy",[40],{"name":41,"url":42},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Fnews\u002F1002736\u002Fxbox-not-for-sale-asha-sharma-interview",0,{"sections":45},[46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,90,95,98,103,108],{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"AI","ai",5236,"2026-09-30T20:13:50.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Security","security",799,"2026-09-30T19:29:08.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Policy","policy",427,"2026-09-30T20:36:54.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals","deals",298,"2026-09-30T21:00:26.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",196,"2026-09-30T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",157,"2026-09-30T15:00:56.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",148,"2026-09-30T17:53:35.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",92,"2026-09-30T18:17:45.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":84,"latest_published_at":89},"Software","software","2026-09-30T17:45:00.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Startups","startups",83,"2026-09-29T21:51:36.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":34,"count":97,"latest_published_at":18},"Gaming",50,{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"General","general",49,"2026-09-28T16:44:57.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":107},"Reviews","reviews",31,"2026-09-28T14:31:34.000Z",{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]