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Microsoft has acquired 3̶ 5 more studios

What studios has Microsoft acquired?

  • Asobo

    Votes: 151 34.0%
  • Avalanche

    Votes: 117 26.4%
  • Crytek

    Votes: 267 60.1%
  • SEGA

    Votes: 143 32.2%
  • Techland

    Votes: 87 19.6%
  • Moon Studios

    Votes: 79 17.8%
  • CD Projekt

    Votes: 54 12.2%
  • IO Interactive

    Votes: 121 27.3%
  • Kojima Productions

    Votes: 104 23.4%
  • Focus Home Interactive

    Votes: 38 8.6%
  • Playtonic

    Votes: 58 13.1%
  • Bloober team

    Votes: 7 1.6%
  • NetherRealm

    Votes: 9 2.0%
  • Rocksteady

    Votes: 15 3.4%
  • Warner Bros.

    Votes: 13 2.9%

  • Total voters
    444

Rubik8

Member
A lot of people do seem under the impression it will be £10 forever, and that MS is 'doing them a favour' (warchest etc etc) - like they've forgotten how major corporations operate and what their sole purpose is 🤦.
Even if they aren’t old enough to remember what went down in the computer industry between 85 to ‘04-ish, Google search still fucking exists. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to educate oneself on why you should not want MS in any dominant market position in any industry.
 

Alphagear

Member
When they will come, it will make a big wave. Beware of the tsunami.
Doubt it.

To put things into perspective this is a company which is struggling to release their premier title from just 1 developer. That with a 500 million budget. Good luck to Microsoft handling 26 studios.
 

//DEVIL//

Member
Even if they aren’t old enough to remember what went down in the computer industry between 85 to ‘04-ish, Google search still fucking exists. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to educate oneself on why you should not want MS in any dominant market position in any industry.
Still better than arrogant Sony now and during the ps3 era.
Sony is so full of shit I am really starting to hate them when I really did enjoy their games all the way till mid generation of ps4
 

lh032

I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
it says three studios, i dont think mega publishers should be included, it would be more than 26 if otherwise
 

lh032

I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
Giants like Google and Amazon are in the game now, Tencent , and whoever else mega corps are getting involved with gaming.
Microsft gobbling them up keeps them away, and keeps the games coming to PC and console in Xbox, not some streaming app.
but they are pushing xcloud, too early to say though ; )
 

fallingdove

Member
Still better than arrogant Sony now and during the ps3 era.
Sony is so full of shit I am really starting to hate them when I really did enjoy their games all the way till mid generation of ps4
Why do you hate Sony? Nothing they have done with Playstation comes anywhere close to Microsoft’s monopolistic, anti-consumer practices during th 80s and 90s.
 
Doubt it.

To put things into perspective this is a company which is struggling to release their premier title from just 1 developer. That with a 500 million budget. Good luck to Microsoft handling 26 studios.
Games get delayed all the time. I'm still annoyed at how long Breath of the Wild took to release. It was a little over 4 years from first being announced and Nintendo didn't scrap the look and decide to rebuild a brand new game engine mid start like 343 did with Infinite, nor did they have to contend with COVID. Also, the $500 million budget was debunked by Frankie himself a long time ago on Resetera. The Xbox One era was bad for Microsoft, but that's not indicative of previous generations at all.
 
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Alphagear

Member
Games get delayed all the time. I'm still annoyed at how long Breath of the Wild took to release. It was a little over 4 years from first being announced and Nintendo didn't scrap the look and decide to rebuild a brand new game engine mid start like 343 did with Infinite, nor did they have to contend with COVID. Also, the $500 million budget was debunked by Frankie himself a long time ago on Resetera. The Xbox One era was bad for Microsoft, but that's not indicative of previous generations at all.

Nintendo released a shit ton of great titles during that time unlike Microsoft. Halo Infinite will not even come close to the same quality as BOTW.

Microsoft can't even get a single title out right now including their premier title which was scheduled for launch and people expect it to be smooth sailing with 26 studios.
 
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iJudged

Banned
Well good luck with that mate!

You're ahead of me - I have a 1070ti and an 8700k. Currently playing Witcher 3 for the first time, but I want to play Red Dead 2, however I have an (awesome) Alienware ultrawide with a 3440*1440 resolution so it runs like dogshit.

If AMD's FSR is anywhere near as good as DLSS I'll happily jump ship to the red team, Nvidia are a joke.
You're almost there, Just need a better GPU. I tried running RD2 on all ultra and my machine almost exploded. I think 3080 would struggle as well. At this point I am not even too picky, whichever I ran into first amd or nv I am getting it.
 

Hawk269

Member
Do they really need more studios?
23 should be enough if they have a decent release schedule between each other.
What they are looking at is delivering new games into Game Pass on a consistent basis. Having more studios allows them to do this. There was talk of them releasing a new big 1st party game once a quarter...so that is 4 big games a year which is pretty good for a game service like Game Pass. Then sprinkle in smaller new games and stuff from 3rd party deal, that would keep Game Pass feed with new content on a consistent basis.
 

Tschumi

Member
Is it viable for us to say that what Microsoft is doing is kinda like global warming... maybe in the 1970s or something the parks were still pretty green but come 2020 it's all going to shit... maybe in 2020/21 it's okay for them to be hoovering up independent studios but maybe come 2025 or 2030 the gaming landscape is going to be lacking a hell of a lot of diversity?
 

Hezekiah

Banned
You're almost there, Just need a better GPU. I tried running RD2 on all ultra and my machine almost exploded. I think 3080 would struggle as well. At this point I am not even too picky, whichever I ran into first amd or nv I am getting it.
Hah, that engine is a technical marvel. But it's such a slow game, and playing at 30fps is a no-go for me.

Honestly think it will be 2022 before I get that one.

Not too bothered because there aren't any MS games that interest me, and Halo looks meh. But BF6 looks appetising, and will of course be a graphical showcase. But as people have pointed out, the launch is likely to be mess 😁.
 

//DEVIL//

Member
lol people act like sony slept with there moms...
It’s funny . I don’t even have an Xbox lol. Just a PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 pro for my son. PlayStation 3 in the closet as well as PlayStation 2 ( 2 of them ) .

but it’s sad how people forgot how shit Sony was early ps3 days and how shit they are acting right now. Like all those anti threads and memes about them isn’t a clue
 

yurinka

Member
Sony, Nintendo and Apple.

If unlike the 'Starfield is coming 2021' and 'the next Kojima game will be for MS' this turns to be real and MS will buy 3 studios more soon, I bet they would be IOI, Crytek and Avalanche.
 
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Varteras

Gold Member
Crytek
Asobo
Insomniac (just to prove a point)
I would honestly laugh my ass off. Like, how can you even be mad about it? It's such an absurd thing that if it happened then no matter how much brand loyalty you have you'd still just have to go, "Lmao! Well fucking played"!
 
Asobo Studio would make the more sense than most of the larger studios that are being mentioned. They've partnered with them quite a few times and Flight Simulator is not going anywhere for a long time.
 

DaGwaphics

Member
They bought Sega 3 times.

They list the studios of a pub separate, Sega would boost the number a lot more than 3 (they have Atlus, Amp, Relic, etc.). Maybe three individual studios, if the number has only grown to 26.

Where did the 26 originate from? Was that number mentioned by MS today or just a fan thing?
 

hlm666

Member
Avalanche did Rage 2 so they have had a working relationship with zenimax, maybe they had something else in the pipe and once MS got zenimax Avalanche would have made a good fit to continue with their IP's.
 
I would honestly laugh my ass off. Like, how can you even be mad about it? It's such an absurd thing that if it happened then no matter how much brand loyalty you have you'd still just have to go, "Lmao! Well fucking played"!
If this were before Sony brought them sure, but that can't happen now.
 

quest

Not Banned from OT
What a twist.

From having no studios to gobbling every one up.

It was good to finally see them seriously address the situation. If more smaller or midsized financially hurt studios want to join that is great. Sony could do the same but don't want the work they only buy top of the line studios like insomniac. Great purchase buy Sony so they have the money to do the same.

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Lol I know. I'm saying that if it did happen now it would be so absurd that you could only laugh about it. Like how in the fuck did they pull that off?
They could pull up some crafty document they had them sign when they helped them publish Sunset with a clause that forces Sony to separate them and give MS first dibs.

That's happened in other industries before lol.
 

DaGwaphics

Member
They could pull up some crafty document they had them sign when they helped them publish Sunset with a clause that forces Sony to separate them and give MS first dibs.

That's happened in other industries before lol.

Feel like that would have come up in the disclosure phase, before Sony ever handed over the $$$. LOL
 

Corndog

Banned
Why do you hate Sony? Nothing they have done with Playstation comes anywhere close to Microsoft’s monopolistic, anti-consumer practices during th 80s and 90s.
You really are going back 30 years. Ballmer is gone. At least look at what they are doing now. That said neither company are perfect.
 

//DEVIL//

Member
If MS bought Crytek, I am going to buy an Xbox to be honest to be my main under my TV along with my PC.

I just love these guys so much and their engine is god-tier.

However, I was always under the impression that Crytek is with EA ? am I wrong ? doesn't EA own them ?
 

fallingdove

Member
You really are going back 30 years. Ballmer is gone. At least look at what they are doing now. That said neither company are perfect.
The comment I responded to stated that Sony (today) is worse than Microsoft (of 30 years ago). Not even early PS3 era Sony compares to the sneakfuck company Microsoft was in the 80s and 90s.
 

Narasumas

Member
News like this pains me. Acquisitions largely only lead to deflating the existing creativity and structure of these studios. Eventually all games blend together to a degree. I think Microsoft has been better at this lately…but I’ll never forgive them for neutering Rare.
 
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I want them to buy Kojimbo’s soul, SEGA, and CDPR. this place would meltdown. I can already the hear the wails of “traitor!!”, the crys of “it’s Wednesday!!”, and hissing of “CDPR saved from ruin!!”
 
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