That's true but let's also be
fair here; Sony purchased Insomniac in 2018 and yet that studio managed to get a new DLC of Miles Morales
and a full remaster of the PS4 Spiderman done in two years,
and they have
a really impressive Ratchet & Clank game coming early next year on top of all of that.
It's not just about time, it's also about studio efficiency. And seeing that 343i, MS's studio behind their marquee IP, had over five years and still dropped the ball for being on time for their new console launch, it's a really bad look by comparison. Realistically we should have multiple 1P games from MS in 2021 to count on, not just Halo Infinite. Some of those studios were purchased in 2018, too, and had projects in stages of development.
If those games were at some point meant to be multiplat then I think MS should or should've figured a way of waiving those contracts because the Xbox ecosystem needs as many compelling exclusives for 2021 as it can get.
Okay, you're wasting your time complaining about this crap as Sony are doing the same thing, arguably even moreso. Just look at studios like Naughty Dog or just the way they handle censorship of video games now, especially some of the Japanese ones. Even Nintendo's doing it now.
I also think people need to distinguish between what's "woke" and "not woke" because a lot of times it feels to me the Overton window has shifted so much that anything with even a single POC, gay person or female who's not just background dressing or some NPC equivalent (either in entertainment or actual corporate structures) is now criticized as being "woke" and if people are taking it that far then, no, they can go kick rocks. You can be any of those things and still get by on your qualifications and talents (partly why the catchphrase "just hire the best people for the job" almost sounds like a dogwhistle at times).
Basically a lot of people complaining about wokeness today just remind me of the SJWs who complain about it, only on the complete opposite side of the aisle. I wish they'd both shut up or just give in and make out on some deserted island or whatever