Microsoft does not intend to “slow down” the purchase of gaming studios – review

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer in an interview with the publication GamesIndustry.biz said that Microsoft did not give Xbox Game Studios no signals to “slow down” the purchase of gaming studios. The initiative is supported by Satya Nadella, CEO and Amy Hood, CFO.
We have acquired many new studios in a short period of time and we want to make sure that these studios have joined the company properly.

Like Matt Butie [глава Xbox Game Studios] and I already said, we just wanted to make sure that we treat the arriving studios as a full-fledged part of the organization. To make them feel supported.

Phil Spencer

Spencer also noted that the portfolio and the number of subscribers Xbox game pass continues to grow and that last year was the most successful for Xbox Game Studios in terms of revenue on PC.

The head of Xbox said that the company is doing very well, so it is always on the market in search of new opportunities with studios. Earlier media reported that Microsoft and several other gaming companies are interested in buying Wb games.
In the same interview, Tim Schaefer, founder Double fine, which became part of Xbox Game Studios in 2019, said the deal with Microsoft allowed the studio to return to Psychonauts 2 Cut content (e.g. boss fights)

Other studios also talk about the benefits of a deal with Microsoft: inXile Entertainment was able to expand its staff by 20 people (and plans to hire another 20), and for Obsidian The most important were the experience and interaction with other teams.

Also in the studios note that now they do not need to worry about money, so they can concentrate all their forces on game development.

At the same time, Microsoft believes that an important part of such transactions was the desire to preserve the magic and talented developers of these studios in order to ensure creative development and make trust the foundation of the relationship.

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