Dr.Grass on 29 December 2010
My thoughts:
1. MS spent HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on marketing kinect. I think it's clear what direction they are pushing the 360 in. I guess the next console will start off hardcore again.
2. MS spent GAZZILLIONS on acquiring Rare from Nintendo. What a waste of money that was. Maybe they don't want to go through that again.
All in all, I don't think they really need to spend money to acquire a studio. They have their trump cards in Kinect, Live, and the Xbox brand which has become synonomous with 'mature' style games.
They will probably just keep doing exclusivity deals here and there.
