So basically journalists asked him about it, since it had been rumored or wanted by investors in the past, and he didn't really vote for or against it. The only quoted answer from him is that selling it off "wouldn't be as obvious as you think" (in Link 2).
Maybe they do and maybe they don't. Personally I don't see an easy sell. The console is very tied to the Xbox Live service, so any buyer would need a massive tech infrastructure to keep migrate users and keep the service going, or they would have to lease the service and just own hardware which doesn't seem like a terrific opportunity.
Beyond that, MS is now integrating Xbox Live with Win 10 and PC gaming, so probably even a tougher sell. A sale of the hardware would probably just mean some new company started using Xbox brand, made a new console and basically started from scratch.
The more likely out, if MS was looking to get out of consoles, would be to work on migrating Xbox gamers to using Xbox Live on a PC --- or given consoles today are just a very specific PC, work with some manufacturers, put out some recommended specs, make Xbox games playable on any PC, and let gamers choose to purchase an Xbox (for now while getting out of console), use a PC, or build their own "console" using components/cases supplied by the manufactures mentioned moments ago.
Maybe they do and maybe they don't. Personally I don't see an easy sell. The console is very tied to the Xbox Live service, so any buyer would need a massive tech infrastructure to keep migrate users and keep the service going, or they would have to lease the service and just own hardware which doesn't seem like a terrific opportunity.
Beyond that, MS is now integrating Xbox Live with Win 10 and PC gaming, so probably even a tougher sell. A sale of the hardware would probably just mean some new company started using Xbox brand, made a new console and basically started from scratch.
The more likely out, if MS was looking to get out of consoles, would be to work on migrating Xbox gamers to using Xbox Live on a PC --- or given consoles today are just a very specific PC, work with some manufacturers, put out some recommended specs, make Xbox games playable on any PC, and let gamers choose to purchase an Xbox (for now while getting out of console), use a PC, or build their own "console" using components/cases supplied by the manufactures mentioned moments ago.
Well I kinda think it would be stupid. In fact besides their Windows OS software it's what they are known for. I think they would be wiser dropping their phone line. Also as far as using the Xbox on computers Microsoft tried that with their "Live" gaming service that eventually failed. it may just be all a rumor anyways since I thought Microsoft has greatly improved the xbox and it seems to be going strong. They just messed up in the beginning and it's a struggle now since alot of people don't see a need to buy two gaming system this generation especially with most games being widely available on almost every platform.