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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/games@lemmy.world/p/869515/game-pass-was-supposed-to-save-xbox-instead-its-killing-the-company

"Netflix for games" has proven to be far from the ideal solution.

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[-] jsnfwlr@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

Xbox has its own CEO, it is its own company, wholly owned by Microsoft. Xbox then also owns other companies like Mojang, Zenimax Media, Activision Blizzard .. They own companies too... Its companies all the way down. This way if one fails, it's bankruptcy doesn't take down the whole chain.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

it is its own company,

No that was exactly the point, Xbox is NOT its own company, it is a division within Microsoft. Something you could have easily looked up before posting false information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(division)

formerly Microsoft Gaming, is the video game and digital entertainment division of Microsoft,

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