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Microsoft Considers Shutting Studios as Game Pass Slips

6/23/2026

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Microsoft is rumored to close or spin off Compulsion Games, Double Fine and Ninja Theory.
Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler said Game Pass fails because Xbox lacks hit games and called it ‘Communism,’ claiming it removes incentive for quality.
Xbox Asha Sharma said Microsoft spent $20 billion on content and subsidies in five years, that revenue fell $0.5 billion, and that a price rise cut Game Pass’s 34 million 2024 subscribers by millions.

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Microsoft is rumored to close or spin off Compulsion Games, Double Fine and Ninja Theory.
Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler said Game Pass fails because Xbox lacks hit games and called it ‘Communism,’ claiming it removes incentive for quality.
Xbox Asha Sharma said Microsoft spent $20 billion on content and subsidies in five years, that revenue fell $0.5 billion, and that a price rise cut Game Pass’s 34 million 2024 subscribers by millions.