Just nu pågår UBS Global Technology Conference i San Francisco, och Microsoft är självklart på plats. Microsofts ekonomichef, Amy Hood, har där pratat en hel del om bland annat Xbox. Ryktena om att Microsoft funderade på att sälja av Xbox-divisionen har dött ut, och med tanke på Hoods uttalanden lär det inte bli en ny ryktesstorm på ett bra tag. Hood talar sig nämligen varm om Xbox, PC-spelande och hur Windows 10 har sammanfört de olika plattformarna i ett ekosystem.
Amy Hood säger bland annat följande:
"Xbox is financially relevant to Microsoft. People should not be confused about the journey of improvement we have been on in the past two years in the Xbox business."
"I think about the importance of gaming. I would actually literally, very specifically talk about the importance of gaming to us; you've seen the investments we've made; you've seen us talk about gaming and its importance across all form factors for us, be it the PC, be it a phone, be it the console itself. I think we've done a very good job of taking something that sort of sat outside the Windows ecosystem and made it part of the Windows ecosystem. So that gaming value accrues back to the ecosystem and to the developers who work there."
"I would say gaming is fundamentally important. The Xbox brand is still an incredibly powerful brand; gaming PCs are amongst the most lucrative businesses to be in. Gaming as a category is quite profitable and I feel good about how we've changed the landscape of what that looks like as a company."
