This is not the first time microsoft has published third party similar to Sony's games

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jlmurph2 said:

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

Most of those games are first party commissioned by Microsoft to third party. Sea Of Thieves and Project Spark are the truest idea of what what Microsoft can actually create because they are made by internal studios. Last I checked, Moon Studios was independent. So the majority of their IP ownership comes from third party. The one I miss the most was from last gen in Lost Odyssey. 

Ori and Quantum Break are IPs owned by Microsoft.

Thats always been my point. Microsoft can own a thousand hit IPs but an extreme few will actually be made by them internally. This is my point.