I was never into Hitman, and i dont think Hitman will benefit being exclusive. Its not a system seller to me and IO dont exactly make masterpieces. 

If you can shed some light onto this than ill be happy to hear your thoughts. What would IO bring to Microsoft Studios?

Talented developers for starters .

Okay, what type of talented developers does IO offer that another studio wouldnt that MS can fork money out to buy?

Curious on what games i might be missing that IO make? Because i dont think they have ever made a masterpiece or must own game.

I have nothing agasint IO however i dont really see them bringing much to the table that another studio cannot bring.

Example

Id rather MS buy Moon Studios the creators of Ori, there just as talented, there small and have proven themselves. 

It's funny you say that because Hitman 2 is one of the best games of the year. 

Not to derail the thread...... But, can you give me some details as to why you say Hitman 2 is so good?  I've heard a few people say this, so the game is now on my radar.  I'm about to finish Red Dead, so I gotta decide between going back to Destiny and playing something new, such as Hitman.  

Back in 2002? Okay..

Yeah i know they rebooted it, was it amazing though? Because i havnt heard much about it. The 2002 Hitman is the highest scoring Hitman in the series from what i can find. Current Hitman 2 is sitting on a low 80s meta. 

Now i havnt played it so i am not one to judge, but scores like that dont exactly encourage me to think there worth buying. 

Like i said i think MS have better options than IO out there in my opinion.

Well if you have the assumption the only thing they can do is Hitman games, I guess they should look elsewhere. They seem like a talented studio, they could create other 3rd person action games as well. Maybe a more story driven experience given that what the kids seem to like these days.

They also own the Freedom Fighters IP, I would like a reboot of that.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/hitman-2

I haven’t played it either, but those who did were only talking good things about it.
I think these guys would be a very decent fit for a Perfect Dark reboot.

This is an extremely odd position for you to take. You are constantly on this site defending games that are much lower rated, and have even pointed out a couple of times that the people arguing against you were only using metacritic as their basis. Now you're doing the same thing? Especially with Xbox exclusives, which you seem to praise so often, that often get similar or lower scores than Hitman 2 ... 

Yes, I can tell you with confidence Hitman 2 is one of the best games of the generation. And no, it's not funny to mock that opinion by saying it's an opinion held from 2002, especially while having the avatar of a franchise who hasn't had a full fledged game since 2004. 

If you think that IO isn't a worthy studio for Microsoft because of a Metacritic score in the 82-84 range, newsflash: That's far above what many Microsoft games get. 

In fact, Hitman 2's Metacritic score is tied with Hellblade's on PC and Hitman 2's score is a point above Hellblade's on PS4 ... guess Ninja Theory wasn't a worthy acquisition either.