Microsoft considered acquiring IOI

[pending]

From The Verge: Microsoft considered acquiring Bungie and Sega to bolster Xbox Game Pass, internal emails show

[Diana47]

I saw that yesterday. Absolutely scary thought. I’m glad future Hitman titles won’t be Xbox exclusives.

[pending]

Id be fine if they didn’t make them exclusive because there would be more budget for post launch content hopefully. Maybe stuff would be rushed and not as good though

[Urben]

@pending

Id be fine if they didn’t make them exclusive because there would be more budget for post launch content hopefully.

I don’t understand how these relate?

On the topic, I think IO has enough of being owned for a while.

[47Agent]

Yeah, they’ve had much more success being independent. But admittedly, without the support of a big developer, H2 & H3 DID take a hit with a downgrade in cinematics and overall polish (little things like collision detection that worked in H1 but not in the later games).