I do hope you guys are adults and not acting like children. That would be pretty embarrassing.

You guys should be more concerned with Microsoft monopolizing the gaming market and absorbing other companies under their corporate banner.

Everyone could do better. Doesn’t change they have better genre variety and their hands off approach is clearly a good strategy. 

Monopoly is defined by marketshare, not assets owned. Therefore if you against monopolies your beef is with Sony. So long as they win Europe and Asia Xbox will always have work to do. 

I'm more concerned with your post history and count. Smells like alt material if you ask me. Vast majority on this site will post in other topics and what not over the course of a year, while you seemingly blip in and out of existence every 1-2 years.

@Chazore What does me posting irregularly have to do with the topic at hand? Maybe I work 40+, have a social life and life responsibilities. I'm not you I cannot afford to spend all my time posting and playing video games.

There's 24hrs in a day, you get some time off to sleep like everyone else, time you're currently spending on here at this very moment. Your post history doesn't exactly line up with everyone else's, even people who have been here for longer than 6-7+yrs. Why suddenly after a year or two, do you take interest in this topic and cite MS as something bad?, why only now?. 

Also, we can have social lives outside the site just as much as you do, and still find time on our mobile devices or desktops to make more posts than you do, without having to devote ourselves here 24/7.

Let's move on and stick to the topic rather than troll with memes or question another users posting history.

First of all, in regards to what Satya said about waking up and building a new studio about.... Yes, yes you can, actually. Especially if you have lots of money. Isnt that how they  have developed a few of their studios?

But while that comment is a bit silly, the decision to buy Bethesda was fairly smart. And it will be interesting to see where MS go from here. Considering the eye-watering sum they paid for Bethesda, I wouldnt have thought they would be wanting to buy any further studios anytime soon (despite still having tons of cash), and my guess is they will take time so consolidate the Bethesda studios. But who knows. 

On a separate note, I find the smugness of some of the comments here (and elsewhere on the site) hilarious. All MS did was throw in the towel and admit that they would be unable to compete on a level playing field. Having said that, this is a completely valid tactic for them to take, and a smart one. 

It is interesting that the X1X had a lot more variety this ggen. It reminds me of Sony during the PS3 era where they made a lot of games (and varieties) to try and win back gamers. Arguably, Sony did a much better job of this in their time compared to MS with the X1X.

On a separate note, I do want to also point out that a hands-off approach ISN'T always the best thing and wouldnt always fit all devs. The key ia to have a balanced approach and guide as needed. Sony are generally known for being handsoff but there are a few instances where they have stood firm and forced devs to make changes with great results (two that come to mind are Sony pushing Naughty Dog to make the 1st Uncharted which they reportedly didn't want to do, as well as cancelling Sony Santa Monica's 1st game on the PS4 before they got on to GOW). 

The point is that letting devs lead will frequently get you great results but sometimes it is beeter to step in and provide direction. We do not yet know how MS is doing in that regard as a lot of the devs they purchased recently have yet to release their games.