Said it for a while now, but Microsoft is a platforms company whose various platforms are money-printing machines, and it increasingly just does not pay attention to them, to the point that it barely understands why they were successful, and stewards them badly. This is another example of it
BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off.
Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening.
Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The studios, which include Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in active negotiations with Xbox and may be given the chance to go independent.
