Inside Games News and Podcasts · Lawrence Sonntag
Phil Spencer Replaced as Xbox CEO by Former AI Exec - Inside Games Daily
February 24, 2026·1 hr 5 min·5 clips
Sarah Bond's departure wasn't amicable—she posted on LinkedIn instead of sending an internal message like everyone else.
As heard by us
A blunt, useful argument about Xbox's strategy, Game Pass, and the cost of chasing a subscription future.
Inside Games Cast treats the Xbox leadership shake-up as a business story first. The discussion keeps coming back to whether Game Pass, PC, and cloud can actually hold together as a model without hollowing out the console side. That focus helps.
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A leadership shake-up that doubles as a blunt argument over whether Game Pass and cloud were ever the right bet.
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