This is a pretty significant development for the gaming sphere and will expand Microsoft's gaming market share from around 6.5% to 10.7%, at least according to some analysts.

But I'm certain that Microsoft will find a way to ruin this for themselves, just like they did with almost every other acquisition in the past.

We still haven't seen the results of their acquisitions from the last two years, but I don't think Microsoft inherently changed by appointing Phil Spencer as the head of their gaming division, even if they try to make it seem so.

I inherently don't trust Microsoft as a company and there is very little positive they've given to gaming as a hobby over the years, aside from creating competition for Sony.

Ultimately, Microsoft's end game in the gaming space is their subscription service Gamepass, which is just gaming's version of "You will own nothing, and you will be happy".

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@okabe_rintarou Lucky for me, I was never into any of Activision/Blizzard IPs. I do find it ironic that Microsoft now owns one of Sony's mascots (Spyro).