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Why Xbox believes it must cut costs and close studios

Investors that put money, or buy shares, in a business want to make money on their investment. And for that to happen t…

Considering Xbox already owned Halo, Gears of War, Fable and had recently acquired the RPG specialist Obsidian, Bethesda didn't seem to fit the bill as a developer of different games for different audiences. But I'd posit that allowing its teams to spend time building niche concepts like Bleeding Edge, Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush has clashed with what Microsoft needed to grow Game Pass.) If Game Pass numbers were going up, if the Xbox consoles were competing more effectively with Switch and PlayStation, if revenue and profit were heading in the right direction, then perhaps Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and Alpha Dog would continue to exist.

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