Interview transcript: Game File x Xbox's Asha Sharma and Matt Booty

Our 28-minute conversation.

I’m trying something different today: offering all Game File readers a free write-up of a big interview, while also offering the interview transcript to paying readers.

If you want to get the essence of my conversation with new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty, with context around their comments, check out the free piece. If you want more depth, this transcript is for you.

I’ve lightly edited the conversation for clarity and flow, but you’ll still get plenty of Sharma and Booty’s thoughts, my questions, and a good sense of how our conversation progressed—complete with follow-ups, some conversational detours, and the best quotes that made it into the free piece.