You might think, after dropping $7.5bn on Bethesda and Zenimax, Microsoft would be done buying games companies for the foreseeable future.
Not so, Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has suggested.
Developer and publisher acquisitions remain on Microsoft’s radar, Nadella told CNET, playing down suggestions from some analysts that the company was done splashing the cash.
“We’ll always look for places where there is that commonality of purpose, mission and culture,” Nadella said. “We will always look to grow inorganically where it makes sense.”
On the one hand, Nadella is not stating any more acquisition deals are imminent – despite some swirling internet rumours which suggest as much. On the other, he clearly would not use this kind of forum to confirm any impending purchase.