All this talk about offering more than just gaming for future Game Pass services just makes Bamco a more attractive buy imo.
A new Gundam Model Kit, delivered to your house every month with Xbox Game Pass
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Xbox should get anime stuff. Maybe work with shonen jump.
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James Gunn is probably the worst person they could have put in charge of anything.
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At least they should remain available on Xbox.
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Welp, I had resisted going back into this thread for a long time.
But another studio on my short list got snatched up whilst Xbox is busy with that f***ing ABK deal?
I hate ABK.
Watch Asobo getting snatched up by someone any day now.
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You lost neon giant
I lost Tripwire
I think Asobo is too high caliber. It has to be one that’s more personal and specific to one of us on the forum, AA scale….
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I wouldn’t say he’s the worst since he directed Guardians of the Galaxy but it will be interesting to see what happens at DC and with WB Games.
And I lost nothing because I did not expect Microsoft to acquiire any of those 
I would be disappointed if Microsoft won’t buy Capcom though. But only if they won’t acquire some other company as a compensation.
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I mean, these were moreso throwbacks to before Zenimax was acquired (I think? Has it really been that long!?). So clearly expectations are different now.
Still stings a little lol.
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I don’t care what he made, considering he’s completely OK with his people verbally abusing people and just calls it tough love. That guy is as bad a whedom is and shouldn’t be allowed to have any sort of creative control of anything.
I think there strategy going forward for individual studios is to acquire them only after working with them in a second party capacity (in which MS owns the IP). So I think we could narrow down candidates
Asobo, IO, BrassLion, Certian Affinity, Kojima, Oxide, and Stoic are pretty much confirmed to be making second party games.
Rumored ones/ Potential ones are Blackbird, JP games, Behavior, Mistwalker
I’m sure there’s a bunch of other ones just can’t remember.
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This is one I’ve heard mixed things on. So I’ll be interested to see what happens.
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So far we only know that they are making two games right? Big and small one and seems to be working with multiple publishers or something.
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All that’s been mentioned to the public (that I recall) are two sizable RPGs. One akin to FF Type-0 and another more like FFXV.
The FF Type-0 project is further along.
Do you think there is a possibilty that xbox published one of those?
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I wouldn’t be surprised if MS at least attempted. Japan (like everywhere else) seems to be a hotbed for talent acquisition and studios being built.
Japan will be an interesting space to look at over the coming years, alongside South Korea imo.
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Well, IOI is also on my list so they’ll get snatched up by someone too I’m sure.
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