{"id":31587,"date":"2026-02-25T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31587"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:48:34","slug":"xbox-should-be-spun-off-from-microsoft-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31587","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Should Be Spun Off From Microsoft, Expert Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1179\/11799911\/4656410-xboxsphere.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, numerous people have suggested Xbox might be better suited as a standalone company rather than being a division of Microsoft, and now another person has shared that view.<\/p>\n<p>Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics wrote that the &#8220;most logical long-term move&#8221; for Microsoft would be to spin off Xbox. He said Xbox has &#8220;some of the most valuable IP in the business&#8221; under its belt, including Xbox franchises and titles from subsidiaries like Activision and Bethesda.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott&#8211;an industry analyst known for his insightful and opinionated takes&#8211;pointed out that gaming, as a business, has lower profit margins than some of Microsoft&#8217;s other business areas, and a standalone version of Xbox could be &#8220;free from the burden of matching the ROI of Azure or the ubiquity of Windows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-should-be-spun-off-from-microsoft-expert-says\/1100-6538398\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, numerous people have suggested Xbox might be better suited as a standalone company rather than being a division of Microsoft, and now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2731,3576,16612,162],"class_list":["post-31587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-expert","tag-microsoft","tag-spun","tag-xbox","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}