According to the job ad, Team Xbox has founded a Gaming Mergers & Acquisitions program within their larger Gaming Strategy & Development team. They’re looking for a manager of this team, who will be tasked with “developing and evaluating the business case for content & technology acquisitions.” Here’s a bit more detail on what the Gaming Strategy & Development and Mergers & Acquisitions teams do… This is no longer a case of Phil Spencer just getting companies he likes on the horn and making an offer. Microsoft wants to expand Xbox Game Studios, and it seems they’re going to refine the process down to a science to make it happen. So, who do you think the Xbox Mergers & Acquisitions team will be targeting next? Will we ever reach a point where this slows down, or is it full speed ahead for the foreseeable future.
