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Microsoft will invest $ 1 billion in games for Xbox One
The Xbox Magazine advertising magazine reports : Microsoft wants to invest $ 1 billion in the development of games specially designed for the Xbox One. In total, there will be 15 releases, 8 of them will contain “conceptually new game elements”. What are these elements, we do not know yet, but it is not for long to wait: the official announcement of the pictures and the video will be made at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 exhibition in Los Angeles (early June 11).
Something, however, we have already seen
http://www.youtube.com/embed/r46d1lrpo1k
http://www.youtube.com/embed/75goseonbvy
The development of Microsoft Game Studios is guided by the development, the company even opened several of its own studios for developers - in London, in Washington and British Colombia. Contractors are also involved in the work: 343 Studios, Lionhead and Turn 10.
$ 1 billion per game is a lot for Microsoft, almost three times more than the annual profit of the entire Entertainment & Devices in 2012 financial year ( $ 364 million ). Obviously, the Xbox One and its own content has a large bet. The iron also has already invested a lot: $ 3 billion in the new AMD processors for the prefix.
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