Nobody seemed to complain about buying studios when Sony was doing it years ago. Or EA.

It’s hard to find talented studios to make AAA games, especially on short notice. Far easier and faster to just buy an existing company and its talent rather than try to lure said talent away to join you normally. Sony did just that many years ago, and look at the awesome games they come out with! Why _wouldn’t Microsoft do the same thing to try and compete?

I’m not saying it’s a good thing for gamers, but it makes sense from a business perspective.