Nintendo "laughed their assess off" when Microsoft tried to acquire the company in 2000

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Metallox said:

Leynos said:

Bayonetta never would have gotten a sequel. Xenoblade series would not exist. A lot of games they published never would have happened. I don't think BOTW would be what it is. MS likes their games samey. Gears have barely changed at all. Forza barely changed. Halo has but not for the better. What likely would have happened under MS. MS just has a history of poorly managing studios. They still manage them poorly.

Gears games have substantially changed, bud, and for the worse. 

Gears changed for the worse? Gears 5 is my favorite out of the bunch. How did it change for the worse?