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'This Is Your Dreamcast Moment' — Former PlayStation Boss Offers New Xbox CEO Some Words of Advice - IGN

Publisher description: Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has offered new Xbox CEO some words of advice as she resets Microsoft’s gaming business: “pick a lane.”

NewsAPI | Sep 30, 2026 | Wesley Yin-Poole

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Pick a lane. ”Microsoft has for years now fended off questions over whether it plans to exit the console hardware business amid poor sales of Xbox Series X and S and, before it, Xbox One. Publicly, Microsoft boss Satya Nadella and Asha Sharma have remained committed to console hardware, with Sharma saying it’s central to the company’s gaming plans. And here’s the biggest of all: will Xbox eventually exit the console business? Photographer: Patrick T.

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