3 ms·
Since this whole argument is untestable wild guessing: maybe there was a future in which Microsoft buying Activision pushed more companies to hedge against a po
by pid-1 3y ago
Since this whole argument is untestable wild guessing: maybe there was a future in which Microsoft buying Activision pushed more companies to hedge against a possible MS monopoly by properly supporting Linux, like Valve has been doing for the past years.
- waboremo 3y agoRight, like how people unanimously supported Stadia because it was a Linux hedge against Microsoft's Windows cloud dominance. They've extrapolated past experiences in the industry to understand what is likely to happen in the future. Microsoft buying large publishers won't mean some tidal wave of others wanting to push Linux instead, it would be a securing of Windows/Xbox. Microsoft would also likely pull their games from Steam, why bother when you own two publishing storefronts. There goes more games. Valve is correct in hedging their bets against Microsoft because their entire ecosystem still relies on Windows continued tolerance (and incompetence) towards them. However studios and most publishers have zero reason to care, they go where the most users are and therefore wouldn't join some hypothetical hedge against Windows.
- isitmadeofglass 3y ago[dead]