Xbox chief Asha Sharma says small teams will soon build worlds that need hundreds of developers today

Nov 12, 2026
In a memo marking 25 years of Xbox, Sharma did not name generative AI, but Eurogamer reads it as an endorsement.

Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma wrote in a memo marking 25 years of Xbox that "a small team will be able to build worlds that today demand hundreds of developers and hundreds of millions of dollars," Eurogamer reports. "A single person will soon be able to wield capabilities that once required entire nations," she wrote.

The memo does not mention generative AI by name. Eurogamer reads it as a sign that Microsoft's games business is moving toward AI-assisted development, noting Sharma's background in AI at Microsoft and last month's Xbox Labs initiative. Earlier this year she said she has "no tolerance for bad AI." Xbox has also cut thousands of jobs in a restructuring in recent months.

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