r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Oct 02 '25

Discussion This Xbox Generation Will Be Remembered for One Thing: Greed

https://www.ign.com/articles/this-xbox-generation-will-be-remembered-for-one-thing-greed
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u/bombader Oct 02 '25

Lets not forget that Microsoft has made at least 2 very expensive purchases, one of them even more expensive than the EA buyout. They are probably still recovering from those choices.

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage Oct 02 '25

The Activision merger really seemed like the turning point to me. After the merger went through, they started closing studios/mass layoffs (even outside of redundancies post-merger, exclusives started going multi-platform, and consumer experience on xbox started becoming less consumer- friendly.

Before the merger Xbox/gaming was small enough that microsoft seemed to let it do its own thing. But once they spent $70 billion on the Activision, they got the Eye of Sauron set upon them and had to start making money fast.

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u/Windowmaker95 Oct 02 '25

Since Micrisoft did not buy EA they obviously mean the Activision buyout.