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Subscribe to our newsletter Sony's acquisition of Bungie in 2022 was one of the most surreal transactions to take place in the games industry in recent years, and the irony of PlayStation buying the company that created the de facto mascot of Xbox isn't lost on former Xbox executive Ed Fries, who led Microsoft's acquisition of Bungie 26 years ago.Fries, who was VP of title publishing at Microsoft during the original Xbox's launch, appeared on a recent episode of The Expansion Pass and shared his extremely unique perspective on what it's like playing Marathon, a first-party PlayStation title developed by Bungie...
on his Xbox."Bungie, and I'm having so much fun in Marathon, by the way ...
Bungie, the premier team when I left, I couldn't imagine that they'd have a fight with the guy who took over for me after I left," says Fries, seemingly referring to Xbox leadership's alleged pressure campaign to force Bungie to release Halo 2 before it was ready, something Fries was vocally against
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This announcement has sparked considerable discussion among gamers.
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