With how most of Microsoft's products are subscription focused (go fuck yourself for renewing office!) it would make sense they'd apply this to their console too.
Buying Activision and Bethesda and making them first party would cause such a backlash and rush to pirate it would make the pirate era look like amateur hour. Better to go third party and reduce hardware costs since Microsoft seem to be a software company more than hardware.
With how most of Microsoft's products are subscription focused (go fuck yourself for renewing office!) it would make sense they'd apply this to their console too.
Buying Activision and Bethesda and making them first party would cause such a backlash and rush to pirate it would make the pirate era look like amateur hour. Better to go third party and reduce hardware costs since Microsoft seem to be a software company more than hardware.