With Activision Blizzard joining Microsoft’s gaming efforts and more than doubling capacity, big brands like Call of Duty have their own set of special requirements, and smartphone gaming is suddenly something they’re really successful at.
So Phil Spencer now has some pretty major shake-ups for Microsoft games. Spencer remains CEO of Microsoft Games and promoted Sarah Bond to be the new head of Xbox (software and hardware).About Bond, Spencerwrote：
“To manage today’s platforms and build tomorrow’s platforms, we’re bringing together the teams that make it possible. Sarah Bond will lead this team as President of Xbox – bringing together devices, player and creator experience, platform engineering, strategy, business planning, data and analytics and business development.
Another big change is that Bethesda will be closer to Xbox, allowing them to collaborate more and share resources. A reasonable guess is that Spencer didn’t want a repeat of the Redfall situation, and Matt Botti was promoted to president of game content and studios, overseeing ZeniMax (Jamie Ryder will continue to be in charge) and Xbox.
This is what leadership at Microsoft Games will look like from now on (Activision Blizzard head Bobby Kotick will leave his post on January 1, 2024):
Sarah Bond responded to the Shuhei Yoshida (PlayStation veteran). What do you think of Sarah Bond as the new head of Xbox?
Say hello to the new head of Xbox.
