Recently, Microsoft has been working aggressively to fix what has been one of its biggest issues in the gaming space for some years now- that being their lack of first party exclusive output in terms of software. In an area where Nintendo has traditionally been exceptionally strong, and Sony has gone from strength to strength with each new generation, Microsoft has been sorely lacking. But with the acquisition of five new studios announced at E3 2018, followed by two more in Obsidian and inXile just a few months later, Microsoft are looking much healthier now in terms of their first party studios lineup than they have in years.
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