Microsoft have a philia of spending money

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FlamingWeazel said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

FlamingWeazel said:
MS had money last gen too...you cannot buy your way to the top, MS won't keep buying IP's. gears was always exclsuive anyway. Eventually it becomes counter productive and you have to get your return on investment. Also with ps4 having as bigger install base it's going to get harder and harder to cut yourself off from a huge number of gamers.

Third party exclusivity = bad for gaming period.

Yes they will. If they didn't they wouldn't be where they are. I'm completely fine with that though and hearing Gears of War is coming back has lifted my spirits regardless of their maniacle spending.

No they cannot you cannot just buy studios and expect it to work......even ms lamented how difficult it is.  If it were that easy they would have done it mroe often. Then there is the fact that they want to make money, if they keep losing money on xbox they may just get rid of it. It coems at a point the cost is not worth it, especially with ps4 pulling away from x1.

MS Lamented buying studios and creating new IP's. Halo was in development before they bought it. Gears was funded by them because they believed in Epics promise and Killer Instinct came as a perk of owning Rares library of IP's after they purchased them. Its all worth it to me. Buying IP's from people works for MS, and their track record in the industry proves it. Their internal game isn't that strong. Owning proven franchises strengthens their brand. This is good. Microsoft has done a lot of moneyhatting, but this is the first time I can say their moneyhatting actually has a valid reason. Epic was going to put Gears on the backburner and Gears is a moneymaker for Microsoft soo.....