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New Xbox Exec Advocates For Something Everyone Hates To Help Save Gaming

Summary by Gamespot
Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball believes one way to help revitalize gaming is through something most people do not care for: in-game ads. Speaking to The Game Business, Ball said there exists a "two-sided problem" in the modern gaming space. Development costs for many games are now "way too high," and consumers do not want to pay more. Something has got to give, and one possible solution, as Ball sees it, is through advertising. He cite…

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Matthew Ball, Chief Strategy Officer for Xbox, Microsoft's gaming division, cited "making ads more acceptable within games" as one way to revitalize the gaming industry.

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pcgamer broke the news on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
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