http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-purchases-cloud-gaming-platform-playfab/ http://blog.playfab.com/blog/playfab-joins-microsoft
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/29/microsoft-acquires-playfab-cloud-gaming-start-up.html It looks like PlayFab could start using Azure servers instead of Amazon servers. I wounder how that would effect PA server performance.
Oh crap. That didn't end too well for Skype... I guess it's been going ok for Minecraft so far though. Though that's probably because they didn't try to change it (yet).
.... hmmm if microsoft buys EA that could lead to intressting possibilies .... both positive and negative ...