Despite Eliminating 15% of Its Workforce, Xbox Wants a Billion Players Per Day

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced a goal to reach one billion daily users despite a recent 15% reduction in the company's workforce. The strategy aims to pivot toward multiplatform publishing and mobile expansion to overcome current hardware market challenges.
Why it matters
This reflects a major strategic shift in the gaming industry, moving away from console-exclusive hardware models toward broader, service-based digital ecosystems.
Xbox wants to “entertain more than a billion people per day” as it moves forward with a dramatically downsized workforce .
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