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I remember the argument before Activision was bought out and so many people were rallying behind MS with the Xbox brand and how it was going to finally bury Sony.

Everyone yelled "This is a good thing!" Honestly, I don't know why MS didn't just make themselves a third party developer. I think it would have worked better for them, especially since they aren't necessarily known for huge first party games. Sure they have like what? 3 hot selling ones?

Halo was their golden goose and they ruined it. All they can do is pretty much buy out developers and ruin them. If only Nintendo had the foresight to buy Rare.

Rare and Retro both being their Western side developers would have been perfect. Instead, Rare works on a live service game and you don't see much of anything else by them? Back in the day they were pumping out games for Nintendo like they were going to run out of time....I miss those days.

We could have more 'good' Banjo and Kazooie games but we don't. Same with Conker or Killer Instinct.

They bought Activision and laid off a lot of their work staff so all they want out of it is the IPs which they might screw up in the long run.