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Sherif Saed @ Eurogamer.net · 06/05/2026 08:27 EDT

Xbox boss Asha Sharma still can't seem to decide on a stance regarding console exclusivity

Newly-appointed Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma, has now spent over 100 days in her new role. Speaking recently at Bloomberg Tech Live, the executive was asked yet again about the company's stance on exclusivity for first-party games, and whether or not this can even be managed when Microsoft is also one of the largest third-party publishers in the world. Read more

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