You’ve probably already noticed this, but Microsoft has been on something of a buying spree in recent years. It seems like every few months Microsoft was
You’ve probably already noticed this, but Microsoft has been on something of a buying spree in recent years. It seems like every few months Microsoft was announcing some big new acquisition, culminating with the purchase of ZeniMax Media and its subsidiaries – which include big-name developers and publishers like Bethesda, id Software, MachineGames, and Arkane Studios, among others – for $7.5 billion earlier this year. Obviously, Microsoft bought all of those companies to make exclusive games for its consoles and for Xbox Game Pass, with Microsoft boss Phil Spencer even recently saying that the ZeniMax Media acquisition was primarily “about delivering great exclusive games for you that ship on platforms where Game Pass exists.
