Making games takes time. Microsoft ran out of time. They can't wait another 5 years. I believe they are totally fucked up..
Will MS take away that 66 billion. My understanding from corporate work world if you don't spend the money given to your division. Finance /procurement take it away. And you get the original quarterly budget assigned. But here xbox gonna have to pay Acti 3 billion so that's like what 3 -4 years gaming budget taken away?? But who knows. Who the F knows.
They've really tried to make game dev cheaper & quicker. They tried the double AA games 2- year dev cycle. Doesn't seem possible at high quality. Can you even make a Good side scroller in 2 years from ground up?? Bleeding edge, Grounded,sea of thieves,halo infinite ,redfall. Doesn't seem do able.They've really tried F2P,MTX,AA blend. But that doesnt work on console. Those games probably would of been made quicker & worked on mobile you know thinking about it. I'm a nobody with no game industry background. How do I notice that??
I don't think they are screwed. Just status quo remains.They still have proper games coming ,doom,starfield,contraband. Outer Worlds 2. meedy(average/middle ground) games.They just have to live in 3rd place. Not sure why this irks them when they don't want to put in the work & compete. They have money to make deals.
The biggest question is after this ABK debacle will they still have 3rd party pull for gamepass?? A lot of company's seem burnt and cheated by those deals. And with games like Harry potter's and what not selling 15 mill. Low game sales numbers . GP effect backfired on them??