Microsoft removes 8 studio's, but...

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Faelco said:

Mr Puggsly said:

No, not really. Quality stuff is coming from MS 1st parties. Why employee weak studios when great 3rd parties can do the work?

MS and Sony both have strong titles thanks to 3rd parties.

 

MS is having less and less third party exclusives, and even less and less third party games (more and more PS4/PC games thanks to the PS4 lead). They need more first party : it was already the case before, it's even more the case now. They shouldn't close any studio not developing Halo, Gears of War or Forza.

These games' sales are even decreasing, so no, MS doesn't have strong first party games (at least saleswise) and not a lot of strong third party games either. Their exclusive line up was already not that good and it's shrinking. 

But this isn't the case though. As stated, these are places that made kinect games. Some of these are going to hololens, and others are moving to other places around Microsoft. Their talent isn't leaving, but no longer used for Xbox. Hoping that Phil starts building up though...