Azzanation on 26 November 2018
| TheBird said: At the very most Playground and Turn 10 being merged, but that is so far fetched. Their buying all these studios to supply game pass now, so they'd have to make really shit games to get shut down (Or not be pumping out enough games in a timely matter), instead of financial failures. They don't have to worry about unit sales anymore, only have to worry about putting good games on their service so people subscribe, and stay subscribed to Gamepass and Gold. So I don't think any of them will be getting shut down until the inevitable downfall of Microsoft comes (Nothing good ever lasts, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will all eventually meet their fate). At the very most, the entire studio falls apart due to corporate culture and loss of independence, or they get merged together. Microsoft needs these studios more than the studios need Microsoft. |
Pretty much agree with everything mentioned here. There vision isnt to buy and sell, there buying and building. What matters more for the digital future is subscribers and a huge eco system. With 14 plus more studios dishing out games, they are feeding Game Pass which creates subscribers which equals more money than just selling games the traditional ways.
Today many look at it as a hybrid service, tomorrow it will be the standard.
