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But is that a fair assessment?
Blizzcon is coming back,too, which is something I didn’t expect to see under Microsoft.

Graphic designer and Xbox content creator @Klobrille celebrates Microsoft’s partnership with Activision.
Perhaps it wasn’t worded the best, but upon close, very little went into Xbox Game Pass.
The following year since, a fairly insignificant amount of games have hit Xbox Game Pass too since then.
Show your console audience you will still make initiatives for them.

This image hasn’t aged particularly well.
Diablo IVnotbeing inXbox Cloud Gamingand its expansionnotsupportingXbox Play Anywherehave been particular sore points for me personally.
Integrations take time, but is Xbox may be spreading itself thin?
But, the growth has also multiplied the problems and pitfalls.

This image hasn’t aged particularly well.
The industry changed a lot between the start and end of Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard acquisition.
Gaming was flying during the pandemic, with everyone stuck at home.
Investment capital is flowing towards A.I.

fads at a breakneck pace, likely heaping pressure on Microsoft from a shareholder perspective.
That $72~ billion could have been used to scoop up OpenAI instead of Call of Duty.
Does Microsoft not have all the necessary rights despite spending $72 billion?

There are a lot of questions without answers regarding this topic right now.
Microsoft does have a mountain of great-lookingupcoming Xbox gamesto look forward to.
There’s alsostrong Xbox hardware rumors, too.











