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with Microsoft's spinoff Xbox into its own company it's unlikely but not impossible I'm Jake Castro naka and this is 90 seconds on the verge which is so we are going to have an overall gaming strategy so it's not as obvious as you might think would you support him if he wanted to spend on absolutely okay that's news that's Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates responding to a question of whether the company would consider spinning off Xbox and Bing in two separate companies Gates was quick to call being a quote fundamental technology and core business but he was more ambiguous about Xbox deferring to new CEO Satya Nadella to be clear that no way means that Microsoft is thinking about spinning off Xbox or even that Gates himself thinks it's a good idea but according to Washington Post earlier this year investors have been asking for Microsoft to spin off non-essential properties including Xbox CEO contender Stephen Elop was reportedly considering breaking apart Xbox and Bing - if he got the top job Elop is now the head of Microsoft's Hardware division since becoming CEO Nadella has in multiple times that Microsoft must thrive in a quote mobile-first cloud-first world one of the four things that we've got to realize is that this business does not really respect tradition the Xbox is first introduced in 2001 and while sales of the new console lag behind Sony's PlayStation 4 it remains a very important brand for Microsoft even so Gates's comments are still likely to end up as fuel for the investors fire for more on Microsoft check out the verge coming up we take a look back at 2001 a rock Odyssey finally Bill Gates hooked up with the rock smelled Rajskub you