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The gaming world was ablaze over the past few weeks over reports that Xbox was throwing in the towel and letting some of its biggest exclusive titles go to its eternal rival, the PlayStation. It riled up the Xbox ultras and raised questions about how committed Microsoft is to console gaming – despite its monster $75B acqusition of Activision-Blizzard.

It ended up being a little less dramatic than anticipated. But it still raises questions about Microsoft's strategy in gaming, and how the world's biggest company is approaching the rapidly growing -- and increasingly unstable --  gaming market.

Links

• Microsoft is slowly building to a future where ‘every screen is an Xbox - The Verge
• Microsoft: four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch – The Verge
• Sony’s value reportedly dropped by $10 billion following ‘disappointing’ PlayStation financials