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Groucho said:

MS is in a hiring freeze, so somehow I think them purchasing new dev studios is unlikely -- it would really upset some of their investors if that was true.

 

I refer you to:

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=44339

 

A hiring freeze has nothing to do with investments.  My company is in a hiring freeze right now.  They are doing a study to see how best to alter the way we are organized, because we have gotten big and bloated and as un-agile as could possibly be.  Hiring freezes for studies like these are so that everything is stabilized.  There is no telling for what reason a company starts a hiring freeze.