It's been another big week for team Xbox with the latest announcement of a Microsoft reshuffle which sees some familiar faces promoted.
Perhaps the biggest changes apart from Activision Blizzard, are the promotions of two execs. As noted in the initial announcement, Matt Booty is now 'president of game content and studios' including overseeing Bethesda, and Bond takes on the role of 'president of Xbox', overseeing hardware and software teams.
If you're wondering about the structure of the rest of the Xbox leadership team, Microsoft has shared the following graphic:
As we've already noted, Bobby Kotick is set to step down from his role as Activision Blizzard CEO at the end of this year.
In the original memo sent out by Phil Spencer, he mentioned how employees of Xbox and Microsoft would hear from their leader in the "coming days" and whether the changes "may or may not impact" their work. There'll also be an internal discussion about the evolution of Microsoft and Xbox taking place at the end of the month on 30th October.
You can catch up on the restructure in the original story:
How are you feeling about these internal changes to Xbox and Microsoft now that the ABK deal has gone through? Leave a comment below.
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@GunValkyria it may not mean anything to you but it may mean a lot to women in the industry to see that they are being represented at all levels, especially where only a decade ago the opposite would have been the accepted norm
Earned or given?
It's M$, so most likely not earned.
@GunValkyria Ok but you literally asked why they brought up gender, I mistook your statement for a question, apologies.
Didn't know who Sarah bond was till now ,she's that awkward,cringey woman who does the xbox showcase things sometimes,hopefully she's better at being a president of something,something..than she is at presenting.
6 men 6 women. Cool. If all are the highest tier and we the gamers get the benefits. Hopefully not just a cheque and balance thing as it WILL show in games.
I might have hoped for some more and bigger structural changes.
Having more than doubled their workforce, I think it will take a bit more than a slight shuffle to get a real grip on the studios and ensure the changes Microsoft are looking for.
When many of the management teams recently taken over have a history of 'frat culture', I do find it relevent and welcome that half the leaders are female. I hope this will ensure that this mysoginistic trait is well and trully buried.
I don’t care who’s in charge as long as they give me games that are the very best they can be.
The last three years track record is a bit poor on that front with average to just above average from the recent big 3 games.
So let’s sit back and see what we get.
Will be interesting to see if they go ahead with the digital potentially planned series x and take the disc series x off the market.
I find Microsoft is a company that tries to tell you and sell you what they want and not what the customer wants. It’s done slight and clever but it seems to be what Microsoft do.
I don't care who does what, as long as I get to see more of Sarah Bond. Lol.
I think they got good leadership here at Xbox, far better than the mess that has become Playstation leadership.
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