I disagree, it wasn’t Phil that dug a hole but Asha who pushed Phil out with no plan. Why is Asha finally revealing her plan years later if she was such a good fit? She came in trying to automate away peoples jobs with AI for the last year or so and that is obviously failing. It wasn’t Phil that invested the entire company’s well being on stochastic parrots.
She has done everything but focus on delivering games (product).
a) Asha didnt push Phil out.
b) She's been in the role for 4ish months, not years.
How would Asha pull him out? How do you think she even had that kind of authority or seniority?
Just looking at Sharma’s history, she rejoined MS in 2024. Xbox was struggling long before that, so I don’t see how anyone can blame Sharma for the past 10 years…