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MSFT already said their top Activision-published titles would also be available on PlayStation Fortunately, big companies never lie to regulators in order to g
by reaperducer 4y ago
MSFT already said their top Activision-published titles would also be available on PlayStation
Fortunately, big companies never lie to regulators in order to get their way, then turn right around and do whatever they want, sometimes paying a meager fine and reaping billions.
Neither Sony nor Microsoft should be trusted to do what's best for the consumer. After all, there's no shortage of people on HN who will tell you with a straight face that it's the companys' obligation to do whatever it takes to make money for themselves and their shareholders. It usually comes along with some pithy statement like "Microsoft is not a charity."
- GLGirty 4y agoLegally, this has been true in the USA for more than a century. (Which I take as evidence of bad law, not acceptable practice.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
- NickC25 4y agoTrue, but big companies can be trusted to do what's best for the company and it's stock. While gaming is not a major profit center for Microsoft in comparison with Azure, Office, Windows, etc...if I'm on their earnings call and hear that their subscriber base for their most popular game is about to double because they opened their services to players on another platform....I'd call that a good thing. I'd bet a lot that MSFT has already done the economics of the deal and figured that they'd come out ahead financially even if it means supporting PlayStation COD players for the next 10 years.