Studio-closures Memes

Microsoft's acquisition strategy is basically speedrunning how to turn billions of dollars into a portfolio of shuttered studios. Buy promising game developers, promise the world, hemorrhage cash on Game Pass deals nobody asked for, then quietly close the studios and act surprised when there are no games. It's like they're playing Monopoly but keep buying properties just to bulldoze them. The real game was the friends we fired along the way.

Microsoft's acquisition strategy is basically a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point. Buy a beloved game studio, immediately make their flagship title a Game Pass exclusive on day one, watch sales tank because nobody actually buys games anymore when they're on a subscription service, then act shocked when the studio "underperforms" and shut it down. It's like buying a restaurant, removing all the paying customers, then wondering why it's not profitable. The cycle has repeated so many times now that we've got a whole graveyard of studios that were doing just fine before Microsoft decided to "help" them. Redfall, anyone?