CEO of Microsoft Has No Plans to Sell Xbox Division

<p>Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s CEO Satya Nadella told interviewers Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes&comma; California&comma; that he has no intention of selling off the Xbox division&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I have no intent to do anything different with Xbox than we are doing today&period;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Satya Nadella&comma; Microsoft CEO<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>There has been rumors and speculation since August of last year when an activist<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eteknix&period;com&sol;microsoft-investor-wants-to-fire-ballmer-and-sell-xbox-division&sol;"> investor<&sol;a> who has a 1&percnt; stake in the company wanted to fire Steve Ballmer and sell off the Xbox Division&period; Earlier this month Bill Gates said on The Fox Business Network that he would <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2014&sol;5&sol;5&sol;5683862&sol;bill-gates-xbox-spinoff-support-absolutely">&&num;8220&semi;absolutely support&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> selling off the Xbox Division&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recently Phill Spencer was appointed the new head of Xbox&period; Since then we have seen a price drop for the Xbox One and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2014&sol;5&sol;13&sol;5713462&sol;xbox-one-without-kinect-399">changes<&sol;a> made to Xbox Live Gold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2014&sol;5&sol;27&sol;5756760&sol;microsofts-nadella-has-no-intentions-of-selling-xbox">Polygon<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2014&sol;5&sol;27&sol;5756062&sol;microsofts-nadella-xbox-isnt-going-anywhere">The Verge<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;