Xbox looked at acquiring a handful of different companies like Sega and Supergiant Games, according to recently surfaces emails.
Xbox has gobbled up a lot of studios over the last handful of years. And according to newly surfaced internal emails, a few other suitors were in Xbox’s sights.Xbox was looking at a few other developers
As reported on by The Verge, these emails came out during the Federal Trade Commission hearing regarding Activision and Microsoft. One of these emails between Xbox CEO Phil Spencer, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Microsoft CFO Amy Hood laid out how Sega would benefit Xbox.
“We believe that Sega has built a well-balanced portfolio of games across segments with global geographic appeal, and will help us accelerate Xbox Game Pass both on and off-console,” said Spencer in an email from November 2020.
Spencer also said that Sega’s “beloved IP” had global appeal and would help expand Game Pass’ reach, especially in Asia.
