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They also bought Tripwire (killing floor) and Limited Run Games (physical copies of digital games) and a few others. Joining the already many acquisitions they
by glanzwulf 4y ago
They also bought Tripwire (killing floor) and Limited Run Games (physical copies of digital games) and a few others. Joining the already many acquisitions they had.
Slowly Embracer are becoming a behemot with a monopoly on the Indie/A/AA sector of gaming and nobody knows anything about them. People are afraid of what the Microsoft/Activision sale means for gaming and FTC is probing and what not, but nobody is looking at Embracer.
I wonder how that'll go.
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y agoI don’t believe just buying lots of property in a particular segment is enough to warrant anti-trust action. It would become a problem if this company started buying property in a different segment and started unfairly using domination in that one to exploit domination in this one etc. It’s basically a problem when consumer choice is artificially limited or the goal is to inflate pricing. This is why the Microsoft/Activision or the Apple, Amazon monopolies are attracting far more scrutiny. They have fingers in multiple pies all over the place. I haven’t looked into it, but just skimming the subject I do wonder if someone else is behind this Embracer company? Amazon just put a lot of energy behind this franchise. Maybe this is them obscuring their stake or shedding ahead of scrutiny? As always - shit’s designed to be complicated so few take notice.
- glanzwulf 4y agoBut they're not just buying property. They're buying studios, which means more and more and more game devs are being employed by the same employer. Isn't that one of the biggest problems with Microsot/Activision? By having less possible employers, the employees lose bargaining power.
- sprkwd 4y agoClue is in their name.