As for the (Microsoft) statements that “we’re still the same id”, Hays says that "First of all, we’re not the same id. We’re half the same id. It was the people—what made us special was the people and the relationships that we have. It’s not the IP

Hasn’t Microsoft been “restructuring” and firing people from a lot of game studios recently?
IDK, maybe the plan is to issue a bunch of AI tokens to them, and have AI do the “art” instead?

But I’m sure it will be just the same. /s