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>that their studios, not xbox/ms itself,
their studios aren't independent entities from microsoft unless they're a AAA acquisition like zenimax or activision-blizzard-king which do retain most or all of their independence as a stipulation of being bought out

additionally yes the obvious intention of the 18 month rule is to produce a constant worker turnover regardless of the finished product because the whole idea is to keep them from becoming seniors or management

microsoft shills AI as hard as it does for two reasons, one of which isn't really relevant to this
>they actually are chasing the "replace humans" goal and it's already paying dividends in windows 11 being an unstable hunk of shit
>being israel's digital fortune teller is extremely profitable