With no doubt, this generation of consoles belongs to Nintendo and Sony. Both companies managed to successfully launch two affordable consoles that have been supported with great, exclusive titles (like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Super Mario Odyssey and God of War, to name a few). Sadly, Microsoft failed to do the same and after the lackluster launch of Xbox One seemingly gave up on the system.
According to Kotaku editor Jason Schreier, the big M is ready to change the old status quo and finds itself in advanced talks to purchase Obsidian Entertainment, the creators of beloved RPG titles like Fallout: New Vegas, Alpha Protocol, and Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic 2 that has been facing some major financial problems since the underwhelming launch of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire.
"One person with knowledge of the deal told Kotaku they’d heard it was “90%” finished. Said a second person: “It’s a matter of when, not if,” Schreier explained. What's interesting, Microsoft cancelled Obsidian's Xbox One launch title Stormlands in 2012 due to creative differences. Instead, Obsidian focused on crowd-funding that allowed them to launch acclaimed Pillars and Tyranny.
In the last few years, Microsoft acquired Playground Games (Forza Horizon) Ninja Theory (DMC: Devil May Cry), The Initiative, 343 Industries (Halo 5: Guardians), Rare (Sea of Thieves) Turn 10 Studios (Forza Motorsport) The Coalition (Gears of War 4), Undead Labs (State of Decay), and Compulsion Games (We Happy Few). With the potential acquisition of Obsidian, Microsoft has surely united one killer team.