# Xbox CEO plans three more rounds of layoffs

> Microsoft's Xbox division will cut staff this month, November, and January as part of a broader organizational reset.
- Title: Xbox CEO plans three more rounds of layoffs · The Verge
- Summary: Microsoft's Xbox division will cut staff this month, November, and January as part of a broader organizational reset. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning…
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- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/games/1014700/xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-layoffs
- Author: Jay Peters
- Published: 2026-10-20T19:06:40+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: xbox, microsoft, asha sharma, layoffs, gaming, organizational reset, technology, culture
## Three more rounds planned
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune.
## Earlier cuts already announced
In July, Sharma announced planned layoffs affecting three thousand two hundred staffers over Microsoft's two thousand twenty-seven fiscal year, including one thousand six hundred cuts at that time.
## Microsoft denies Xbox sale plans
Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft's commercial business, told Fortune that Asha Sharma is one of the best leaders at the company and Microsoft would not have put her on a business it intends to sell.

> We would not have put her on a business we intend to sell.
## New hardware coming in 2027 and 2028
Microsoft is planning to launch a next-generation handheld device in two thousand twenty-seven and its Project Helix console in two thousand twenty-eight.
## Key takeaway

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning layoffs in October, November, and January following earlier cuts affecting thousands of staff.