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"XBox" Will Become Slop After Mass Layoffs

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 22, 2026

When all else fails, "AI it"

17 hours ago:

Slopfarm: New Microsoft Gaming Chief Asha Sharma Prioritizes Creative AI Integration Over Automation: CoreAI is not a product, it is a shell created months ago

"XBox" is dead. That's right, we've said it. The console, XBox, is on borrowed time now.

"XBox" the brand is being recycled for a Ponzi scheme by "Ponzi Nadella".

Get ready for mass layoffs disguised/clouded by buzzwords or "AI" storytelling.

Shame on all "the media" that played along with this 9PM-on-Friday Microsoft PR stunt (under embargo with "prepared" puff pieces). █

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