Microsoft on viime vuosien aikana ostanut runsaasti pelistudioita Xbox Game Studiosinsa suojiin. Xbox-pomo Phil Spencer on ilmoittanut Microsoftin halun hankkia itselleen japanilainen pelistudio, ja huhujen mukaan tähyily olisi kohdistunut Platinum Gamesin suuntaan.
VGC:lle puhunut Platinum Gamesin Atsushi Inaba on nyt ampunut moiset huhuilut alas. Platinum Games itse ei nimittäin ole ostoaikeista millään tavalla tietoinen muuta kuin Internetin huhuja lukemalla.
"I did read some rumours about Xbox wanting to purchase PlatinumGames, and I thought, 'people on the internet write the craziest stuff', because that conversation has not come to our doorstep at all. That said, we're not Microsoft, so we don't know what happens behind their doors, we don't know if they had any thoughts about it possibly. We've not had any talks like that, but I think even if it was a possibility, we're now going into more independent self-publishing."