Breaking away from our normal structure, Robert, Andrew, and Stretch take a look at the history of Xbox Game Studios and analyze how they’re doing. From formation and early purchases like Rare, to the flood of announcements in 2018 and the impending acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, we talk through each studio and their contributions.
Are Xbox taking the right approach staying hands off with their companies? Has Xbox been missing a consistency that they used to have? What will it mean if Starfield or Fable flop?
00:00:00 – Intro
00:03:11 – Early Days of Microsoft Game Studios
00:26:52 – Mojang and Minecraft
00:36:45 – E3 2018: Obsidian, InXile, Ninja Theory, and More
01:03:54 – The Big ZeniMax Acquisition
01:23:51 – What the Xbox One Did to Microsoft
01:28:35 – Do Xbox Games Review Poorly?
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