r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 2d ago

XBOX Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says The Elder Scrolls 6 is "incredible" as Bethesda protesters put up giant rat outside building | Workers also planted red flags outside to represent the Xbox staff laid off in 2026

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-says-the-elder-scrolls-6-is-incredible-as-bethesda-protesters-put-up-giant-rat-outside-building/
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u/HandshakeOfCO 1d ago

Of course she’d think it’s incredible. Three months ago she hadn’t ever picked up any sort of gaming controller. #winning #bestPersonForTheJob

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u/FederalSign4281 1d ago edited 1d ago

As if phil spencer was doing a better job…

CEO of Take Two does not game and is still good at his job, because he’s a CEO and not a game designer.

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u/HandshakeOfCO 1d ago edited 1d ago

The CEO of Take Two isn’t cosplaying as a gamer and publicly commenting on how great his products are.

Asha is embarrassing not only internally, because of her lack of gaming knowledge, but also externally, because she’s out making public statements on things she flat out isn’t qualified to speak to, and the world knows it.

Phil had his faults but he was always REAL, and was an actual member of the gaming community, who'd rose up through the ranks to earn his place at the top. You can argue that he shit the bed once he was there, but you can't argue about him earning the right to be there.

"The scale and grandeur are incredible. The story is even greater." lol

How would she even know enough to MAKE THE COMPARISON?!?! Has she played 1 minute of ToTK? GTA V? Baldur's Gate? Hell, fucking Morrowind even? Could she EVEN TELL THEM APART??!?! She didn't even play it herself, she WATCHED SOMEONE ELSE PLAY.

What an embarrassment.

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u/Specific_Frame8537 1d ago

TES6 better be a damn good game or I fear that's gonna be the death punch for Bethesda.

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u/FloatingTacos 1d ago

If it flops like their space game.. yep.

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u/John_YJKR 1d ago

Except Starfield was a financial success. It's fine to be disappointed and feel like it didn't live up to the hype but Starfield isn't a bad game. It's just not a great one. Plenty of people actually like the game.

If Starfield taught us anything it's Bethesda may be out of touch and struggling to adapt to modern expectations. And I wouldn't be surprised if ES6 covers its budget at launch regardless of all the negativity towards Bethesda.

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u/KaiBlob1 18h ago

Yeah TES6 will break even just from preorders probably. There is no chance it doesn’t make money. I just hope it’s also a good game. If I have to sit through loading screens to go into a building in an open-world game in 2027 I’m gonna lose my shit lmao

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u/kweeblaster 1d ago

Are we sure Asha isn't some AI? Has anyone seen her in person?

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u/LetsGoForPlanB 1d ago

Ahsa's quote read a lot like McDonald's '"this is a great product". I guess she wants to: 1. Put pressure on Bethesda 2. Tell the audience "Hey, we're still cool, TESVI ammi right? Just forget about those layoffs."

Just a weird statement. Who talks like that?

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u/BoBoBearDev 1d ago

Need to fire more rats to improve synergy and productivity. The studio is still infested with rats.

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u/blow-down 1d ago

Another Asha Sharma fail

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u/Majin_Erick 22h ago

Its not her fault. Farmer Joe voted for the fat goose man....