You forgot to mention the gaming section.

Microsoft is acquiring a lot of game developers, put it on hold for a few years, then close subsidiary and layoff all employees.

I guess generating hype by acquisition and increase valuation cause more profit than developing a real product.

I'm beginning to think that using Microsoft services(yes, GitHub included) is morally questionable behaviour right now. I can't support the current Microsoft behaviour of laying off many employees so casually.

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pjmlp 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, the whole XBox division has been a mess, especially after ABK.

However XBox plus Microsoft Gaming Studios, is still one of the biggest group of AAA publishers, they have a big enough slice of the market.

Hence why now they're dominating PlayStation charts with cross-platform games.

Many Microsoft haters don't have an good enough idea of how big they have become on games industry, regardless of layoffs and such.

SteamOS keeps being around until they feel like doing a netbooks like move, taking all their games out of Steam, or whatever else Microsoft might think of.

Hence why I regularly complain Valve should keep trying to bring developers to target GNU/Linux natively instead of translating Windows games.

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grepfru_it 6 days ago | parent [-]

I would not be surprised if Steam came to Xbox

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sleepybrett 6 days ago | parent [-]

The only way microsoft would allow that is if they got a cut of every sale.

	▲	nerdix 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		They have already added Steam support to their Xbox PC app. https://www.theverge.com/news/690967/microsoft-xbox-app-wind... Its not a stretch to think that they will add Steam to the next gen Xbox. They are dead last in the console wars and have been for basically 2 generations. I don't think they will do it out of benevolence but I think they are the "throw shit against the wall and see if anything sticks" phase before just giving up and exiting the market.

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ivape 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Microsoft is acquiring a lot of game developers, put it on hold for a few years, then close subsidiary and layoff all employees.

Sounds like they just bought the IP.

	▲	tough 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		which begs the question is it just good old EEE?

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gabrielgio 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Microsoft is acquiring a lot of game developers, then close subsidiary and layoff all employees.

FTFY, Microsoft is even killing studio with successful games, like Tango.