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Microsoft Xbox Chief Is Looking for Acquisitions in Social, Casual Games - BNN Bloomberg
The company also wants to geographically diversify chip sources to ease console shortages in the future.
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Microsoft Xbox Chief Is Looking for Acquisitions in Social, Casual Games
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Basil King
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It needs those casual farm / city building games that boat loads of cash. Mobile users don’t want to play halo or TLOU type of games.
Torrent of Pork
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It's a smart move, even if I have zero interest in the results.
SoloKingRobert
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Hopefully, Microsoft acquires Embracer Group
kuncol02
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Bethesda acquisition thrown some Sony fanboys into year long denial. Embracer acquisition would probably made them catatonic.
nowhat
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Kinect says hi.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Seems weird. I don't see casual gamers being the primary market for GamePass.
They simply wouldn't play enough games to justify it (at full price, but of course not on the current $1 promotions --- but obviously these won't go on forever).
They simply wouldn't play enough games to justify it (at full price, but of course not on the current $1 promotions --- but obviously these won't go on forever).
Torrent of Pork
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You mean the tech that was sold at a profit, was likely an offshoot of R&D for Hololens, and actually sold perfectly well enough to justify its existence?
Are they not supposed to be investing in market growth?
IbizaPocholo
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Phil Spencer Is Looking for Acquisitions in Social, Casual Games
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-09/microsoft-xbox-chief-is-looking-for-acquisitions-in-social-casual-games Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox and gaming chief, Phil Spencer, is on the lookout for acquisitions, and he particularly wants to spend to boost the company’s presence in social and...
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