https://wccftech.com/bethesda-microsoft-semi-independent-open-to-more-acquisitions/

Yesterday Microsoft dropped a 10-ton megaton bomb on the video game industry, snapping up AAA publisher Bethesda and all its IP and studios for $7.5 billion. Of course, this raises a lot of questions about the future of Bethesda – will Microsoft change the way they do business? Well, per a new CNET interview with Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, despite Bethesda’s size, they’re going to treat them similarly to other smaller studios they’ve acquired like Obsidian and Double Fine, allowing them to run “semi-independently” as it’s “not about becoming us."

Another question raised by yesterday’s big announcement is, well...when will this end? Are there more big Microsoft purchases on the horizon? To hear Nadella talk, it seems nothing’s off the table, as he wants to continue aggressively expanding the company's software development capabilities…