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Coincidentally, M$ also announced a new special edition Xbox controller today, with an amazing tagline.


Sadly, it has since been removed for reasons no one can fathom.
Yup, they’re sure leaving a vapor trail in the industry lately. The irony of who’s really playing who is in full effect here, unfortunately.

I just don't understand why Microsoft keeps buying all these studios if they aren't going to let them make games.

Tango made them money with Hi-Fi Rush. The game was made on a small budget and made a good profit. Microsoft made a big deal about the game, they called it a "breakout hit" put it in all of their promotional material, ported it to Playstation. Last year they talked about how pleased they were with the game and said that they had plans to "reinvest" in Tango Gameworks. Now they've just killed the studio.

Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard and axed every unreleased project they were working on. All they cared about was grabbing Call of Duty and Warcraft and everything else could get fucked.

Microsoft has some of the biggest studios in the world and somehow has almost no exclusives. Do they even have a single game coming out this year outside of Call of Duty?
They are essentially that one big kid in daycare that wants the toys they see everyone else playing with, but then once they get them they don’t know what to do with them.
 
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Xbox isn't done shutting down studios
Microsoft executives started to further scrutinize the Xbox division after the $70 billion purchase of Activision

It's like they WANT Xbox to shut down. If not, then maybe it's time to replace Phill Spencer or stop making these studio acquisitions
 
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My guess is that they thought gamepass would blow up and it didn't so now they're just wounding down, kinda like how Embracer failed to make their mega studio and sold everything.
 

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TL;DR
Xbox isn't done shutting down studios
Microsoft executives started to further scrutinize the Xbox division after the $70 billion purchase of Activision

It's like they WANT Xbox to shut down. If not, then maybe it's time to replace Phill Spencer or stop making these studio acquisitions
Microsoft has now shut down almost every studio they acquired prior to 2015.
 

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Until recently, president of Blizzard for the past couple years. So, you know, you might say the guy in charge of Blizzard's shittiest era.
A person with no value.
Shoulda just not bothered buying them in the first place and bought Bill another yacht instead.
Wasted everyone's time.
 

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Man I remember MS trying to buy Larian a while back too actually. They must feel like the luckiest people alive to have dodged that bullet.
 

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Who the fuck is this nobody?
He also said some terrible takes in the past, such as how we should "tip" the creators

Man I remember MS trying to buy Larian a while back too actually. They must feel like the luckiest people alive to have dodged that bullet.
And the studios can simply choose to reject the offer; Unlike Bethesda or AB who were way too tempted by the deal
 

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He also said some terrible takes in the past, such as how we should "tip" the creators



And the studios can simply choose to reject the offer; Unlike Bethesda or AB who were way too tempted by the deal
This dumb mother-fucker! I forgot he existed. Yeah, he needs to go away and be buried.
 
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This dumb mother-fucker! I forgot he existed. Yeah, he needs to go away and be buried.
Oh and it get's better! This mofo was also the one who pretty much demoralized everyone at Blizz (except for execs) when he was there

This is from Feb 2023:

Now it all makes sense on why he would defend Phil Spencer; He thinks the top execs are the "victims" because of the backlash he went through
 
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TL;DR
Xbox isn't done shutting down studios
Microsoft executives started to further scrutinize the Xbox division after the $70 billion purchase of Activision

It's like they WANT Xbox to shut down. If not, then maybe it's time to replace Phill Spencer or stop making these studio acquisitions
How can these business people be stupid enough to think infinite growth is a tangible possibility?