Xbox’s Mike Ybarra Leaves Microsoft to Pursue Next Adventure

Today Xbox's Corporate Vice President for Gaming Mike Ybarra announced his departure from Microsoft to pursue a yet unannounced new adventure.

Giuseppe Nelva

Published: Oct 9, 2019 03:38 pm

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Today Xbox’s Corporate Vice President for Gaming Mike Ybarra announced his departure from Microsoft.

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Ybarra, who worked at the company for nearly twenty years, mentioning that he’s pursuing his “next adventire” but he did not mention where he will work next just yet.

That being said, he did say that he’ll reveal his destination soon.

After 20 years at Microsoft, it’s time for my next adventure. It’s been a great ride at Xbox and the future is bright. Thanks to everyone at TeamXbox, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished and I wish you the best. More soon on what’s next for me (super excited)! 1/2…
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 9, 2019

Most importantly I want to thank all of you fellow gamers, and our great fans, for all the support. Keep gaming and I hope to see you online soon!” 2/2 #gamers https://t.co/1eK6p7ppYe
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 9, 2019

In the past five-plus years Ybarra worked at a high level on the Xbox platform, with his latest endeavors being the creation of Xbox Game Pass and a leadership role on Mixer.

He started his career in 1997 with a couple of years at Hewlett Packard, moving to Microsoft in 2000 where he started as a system engineer.

He then grew through the ranks including a three-year tenure in 2006 as the General Manager of Windows 7, then moving to Xbox Live in 2009. Since then he has always worked on the Xbox Platform in various capacities.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer himself followed up the announcement by thanking Ybarra for his work at the company and wishing him the best.

Thank you (@XboxQwik) for your many contributions to Microsoft and Xbox. You've been a strong advocate for our fans from day one, and have consistently driven to keep gamers at the center of everything we do. All of us at TeamXbox wish you the best.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) October 9, 2019

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.