--- title: Xbox is (probably) not for sale | Opinion | daily.dev description: Despite ongoing financial struggles — including a 10% decline in Xbox content and services and a 29% drop in hardware sales — the idea that Microsoft is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xbox-is-probably-not-for-sale-opinion-f8cmlbs4k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xbox is (probably) not for sale | Opinion | daily.dev og:description: Despite ongoing financial struggles — including a 10% decline in Xbox content and services and a 29% drop in hardware sales — the idea that Microsoft is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xbox-is-probably-not-for-sale-opinion-f8cmlbs4k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F8cmLBS4k.png og:image:alt: Xbox is (probably) not for sale | Opinion og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Xbox is (probably) not for sale | Opinion **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Despite ongoing financial struggles — including a 10% decline in Xbox content and services and a 29% drop in hardware sales — the idea that Microsoft is preparing to sell or spin off Xbox is likely overblown. Xbox's losses are barely a rounding error on Microsoft's overall financials, which grew 18% in revenue. Selling would require accepting tens of billions in losses on past acquisitions like Activision Blizzard, and potential buyers with $40–50 billion to spend are nearly nonexistent. Gaming competitors lack the funds, major tech firms have retreated from gaming, and Tencent is pulling back. The restructuring Asha Sharma is leading looks similar whether the goal is a sale or internal reform, which may be fueling the confusion. The most probable outcome is Xbox remaining part of Microsoft for the foreseeable future. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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