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The problem is by size Sony is larger, with more studios and more exclusives. Nintendo is also huge. Cloud gaming has a lot of competition and they all are com
by etempleton 4y ago
The problem is by size Sony is larger, with more studios and more exclusives. Nintendo is also huge.
Cloud gaming has a lot of competition and they all are companies with deep pockets: Microsoft, Sony, Nvidia, Google, Amazon. They can afford to do what Microsoft is doing if they so choose. This isn’t some new paradigm. This is how this business is run. If it is not console exclusives it is platform exclusives. It is the only real differentiator.
- mrkramer 4y agoBut Microsoft has the upper hand in the cloud gaming industry according to CMA. Apparently Xbox Cloud has 60-70% of the market share. Activision Blizzard acquisition would only strengthen Microsoft's position and would not improve competition.
- qwytw 4y ago> Apparently Xbox Cloud has 60-70% of the market share. Activision Blizzard acquisition would only strengthen Microsoft's position and would not improve competition. The same way they "controlled" the smartphone market with Windows Mobile in the pre iPhone/Android days? It's an entirely new market. 60-70% of all current users is an insignificant proportion of all potential users so it doesen't mean much. And well it's not their fault that they other megacorps like Google are so incompetent.
- etempleton 4y agoYou are a subscriber to cloud gaming if you have GamePass, but I don’t think many actually use it, so to say they have such a huge advantage is an argument in either ignorance or bad faith.