Cela devrait en rassurer plus d´un.
One company that says it´s not in the running is Microsoft (Charts). Because today´s independent publishers are platform agnostic - that is to say, they build games for all major systems - taking over one would result in a massive revenue loss for Microsoft, as all development would be redirected toward the Xbox 360.
"We could never launch an acquisition bid at a third party publisher," said Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios.
et voila la source :
http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/09/commentary/column_gaming/index.htm