I would suggest MS do the opposite.
Take that $70 billion they were going to invest in Activision and instead spend less, a few billion to buy Call of Duty Day 1 Game Pass + maybe even 6 months exclusivity on COD every year for XBox + Windows PC Store. The rest of Activision was never worth such a huge price tag anyway.
Then take some of that huge amount of money you have left and buy some more local level exclusives for Game Pass + XBox and just keep building and building.
There's nothing a regulatory body can do to stop this either.
I'd also make the whole "MS doesn't have games on Switch and must abandon hardware first!" moot. Put games on the Switch (Halo, Forza, Killer Instinct, Master Chief in Smash, new Banjo-Kazooie) full stop, just make sure they are older versions of those IP, which would line up anyway since the Switch/Switch 2 is always going to have a power gap with XBox home consoles. Get the Switch audience on your side and loving your IP and then they will be more likely IMO to buy an XBox over Playstation as their stationary home console (most Switch owners still own one of an PS or XBox). So Halo Master Chief Collection on Switch ... enjoy it, want to play the newest Halo? Well you have to buy an XBox or have a PC rig for that. Or Game Pass streaming.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 May 2023
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