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DonFerrari on 26 November 2018

I hope none. But possibly one that can't make GAAS game and end up not making critical acclaimed or high selling game.



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flashfire926 on 26 November 2018

I think that would be compulsion.

edit: I cant believe someone said playground, which is MS’s best studio by far.



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Replicant on 26 November 2018
flashfire926 said:

I think that would be compulsion.

edit: I cant believe someone said playground, which is MS’s best studio by far.

He was joking

Playground Games has a huge future ahead of them. The most interesting MS studio imo.



eva01beserk on 26 November 2018

If im not mistaken, ninja has not made many if any multyplayer games, that kind of dev will flop hard on the xbox ecosystem. I think it could end up being another scalebound event where MS trys to hard to push multyplayer and ninja refuses or strugles and down they go.

PS. Are we limeted to pick only one future shutdown? Cuz is MS they could shut down them all.



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Baddman on 26 November 2018

none anytime soon so this topic sucks (yes I know I entered said topic for captain obvious)



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 26 November 2018

I mean ... I guess Compulsion but really, none of them are likely to close.



TheBird on 26 November 2018

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.



Angelv577 on 26 November 2018

Compulsion games.



exclusive_console on 26 November 2018

Ninja theory. Although they are a tiny team I can see devs moving out or even get shutdown if their game does not do well in the xbox.



 

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.