![]() ![]() With Redfall's poor performance and so little to go by on other big releases, it could be awhile before Xbox gets its breakthrough hit. State of Decay 3, the Fable reboot, The Outer Worlds 2 - all are said to be in the works, but none have a concrete release date, or more than just basic details publicly available. ![]() Ark 2 is due out this year - although no specific date has been given. Other than Starfield, it seems like every other Xbox exclusive remains just out of reach, with few having so much as a release window to go by. For their part, executives at Microsoft intend to appeal this decision and move forward with the acquisition. Most recently, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority blocked Microsoft's attempt to purchase Activision Blizzard, claiming it would give Microsoft too large a share of the video game market, particularly with regard to the cloud gaming sphere. In addition to potentially spreading the company too thin, Microsoft's many acquisitions have repeatedly caused legal troubles. Perhaps a single, focused, Microsoft-owned studio/publisher akin to Sony Interactive Entertainment would work better. ![]() ![]() While this practice is probably geared at securing a greater number of quality exclusives, Microsoft seems to have its hand in too many pies. This last acquisition created controversy before Redfall was even released when Microsoft abruptly nixed its PS5 release, instead making it an Xbox/Game Pass exclusive. Microsoft has spent the past few years buying up the competition, acquiring, among others, Mojang, Obsidian Entertainment, and ZeniMax Studios, which includes Redfall's developer and publisher, Arkane and Bethesda respectively. While it might seem like it's up to developers' judgment to decide whether they put their games on Game Pass day one, another practice of Microsoft's could be exacerbating the issue. ![]()
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