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Forums - Microsoft - Letting First Party Studios go...Is Microsoft Planning Something BIG?

justinian on 06 March 2009

Maybe their analyst foresee a bleak couple of years ahead due to the recession or a change in the way we use computers.

As MS themselves admitted the Windows OS won't last forever and powerful organisations are already positioning themselves to be the leaders of the emerging cloud computing era.

The causes of this "sell off" can be bigger than just gaming.

Ultimately we are all speculating and won't know for sure until they release a statement.



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Bullet100000 on 06 March 2009

Well Know E3.



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wholikeswood on 06 March 2009

Would be a megaton if they were saving up to moneyhat COD:MW2...



Strategyking92 on 06 March 2009
Gabriel84 said:
maybe :)

buy Bioware from EA pls

 

 Yes, buy them before they fully absorb them into the the blob that is EA.

It happened to pandemic ,westwood, and so many others... Soon, bioware will start making cash-ins too.



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Tyrannical on 07 March 2009

MS would rather "hire" a company to make a game for them then to buy the entire company.



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Kantor on 07 March 2009

ROFL@ Microsoft being able to afford Take Two, UbiSoft or EA. Yes, they're rich. They also can't spend six billion dollars on buying a dying publisher. The stockholders would murder somebody.

All they're doing is reducing expenses. All companies are doing that.



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Dark Chaos on 07 March 2009

Its called smart business. Cut costs before you start losing money. Maybe SONY should learn from MS



tyig on 07 March 2009

When is e3 and when is GDC?



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The_God_of_War on 07 March 2009
tyig said:
When is e3 and when is GDC?

 

E3 is June 2-4, I think. And GDC is at the end of this month.



  

NeoRatt on 07 March 2009

Not having owned first party studios gives them flexibility. If you own it and you are large like Microsoft is then you end up keeping a large amount of deadwood in the company as studio staff get more and more complacent over time.

By "outsourcing" first party games Microsoft is able to pick and choose the best ideas and companies to execute on their plans. IT may look more expensive and it does have some risk, but first and foremost it gives them extra flexibility to drop and add studios as they see fit.