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> Buy a plethora of studios IIRC Xbox had been criticized for quite a while at that point for having very few exclusive/first-party games worth buying an Xbox
by davidgnz 2mo ago
> Buy a plethora of studios
IIRC Xbox had been criticized for quite a while at that point for having very few exclusive/first-party games worth buying an Xbox for. I always assumed this move was to try and fix that problem.
- jrmg 2mo agoThe (an?) incoherency with that is that this was happening at the same time as the ‘everything’s an Xbox’ strategy that saw them produce games for other platforms too.
- pjmlp 2mo agoThat was a side effect from ABK acquisition, they bought studios that traditionally were cross platform, the year long acquisition discussion always promised not to touch them in that regard. So you end up with this schizophrenic way that XBox became more of a publisher than a console brand, with a leadership used to cross platform (Sarah Bond), thus ‘everything’s an Xbox’ pivot for the "curve must always go up".
- khurs 2mo agoConcerns about competition regulators stopping the acquisition? so they said for next x years we guarantee won't be exclusive?
- dd8601fn 2mo agoHaving to promise to make titles available on Playstation to satisfy regulators kinda blows that strategy up.