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I'm sure that is the modus operandi for any business. That is, to find ways to give the business an advantage over any competition...and hopefully put them out

by dommer 3y ago

I'm sure that is the modus operandi for any business. That is, to find ways to give the business an advantage over any competition...and hopefully put them out of business in the process. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

BiteCode_dev 3y ago
It's one thing to strategize your opponent demise by creating better products, it's another to use patents, monopolies and market manipulations.
- pixl97 3y ago
  you forgot to finish with "as a previously convicted monopolist"
  - clnq 3y ago
    And as a business that has publicly stated that they don't think they can compete on quality of their products - https://www.eurogamer.net/phil-spencer-there-is-no-world-where-starfield-is-an-11-out-of-10-and-people-start-selling-their-ps5s#comments https://www.eurogamer.net/phil-spencer-there-is-no-world-whe....
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CoastalCoder 3y ago
> I'm sure that is the modus operandi for any business. Probably depends on the scope / kind of business. And maybe the kind of people running it? E.g., my wife has no desire to grow her photography business (a sole proprietorship). She's content for it to be a source of income for however long she wants to keep doing it.
- dommer 3y ago
  Fair point. I meant no disrespect to those making a `honest` living. A vast difference between the 100m of sole proprietors of the world and the LLC.
- ussrlongbow 3y ago
  It is not business, it is being self-employed.
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  - reaperducer 3y ago
    The I.R.S. and every other federal agency down to the Bureau of Labor Statistics disagree with you.
- edgyquant 3y ago
  So maybe it’s the modus operandi of any corporation
Waterluvian 3y ago
I think the core of it is that we want businesses to win by striving to offer a better product. Not to manipulate the marketplace conditions so that they don’t need to.
- aerio 3y ago
  Microsoft has been the main driver in the movement of cross-play between platforms (Xbox, PS, Nintendo), which can only be described as a huge good for gamers of all types. Sony on the other hand, has been trying to keep their platform closed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/03/14/playstation-seems-to-understand-its-lost-the-crossplay-war-as-wonderlands-indicates/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/03/14/playstatio... >Sony's public rationale of being skeptical of crossplay was stated to be about the “risks” of exposing Sony players to non-PSN markets, but really, it seems to just have been about trying to throw its big sales lead around.
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by dommer 3y ago

BiteCode_dev 3y ago

It's one thing to strategize your opponent demise by creating better products, it's another to use patents, monopolies and market manipulations.

pixl97 3y ago
you forgot to finish with "as a previously convicted monopolist"
- clnq 3y ago
  And as a business that has publicly stated that they don't think they can compete on quality of their products - https://www.eurogamer.net/phil-spencer-there-is-no-world-where-starfield-is-an-11-out-of-10-and-people-start-selling-their-ps5s#comments https://www.eurogamer.net/phil-spencer-there-is-no-world-whe....
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CoastalCoder 3y ago

> I'm sure that is the modus operandi for any business. Probably depends on the scope / kind of business. And maybe the kind of people running it? E.g., my wife has no desire to grow her photography business (a sole proprietorship). She's content for it to be a source of income for however long she wants to keep doing it.

dommer 3y ago
Fair point. I meant no disrespect to those making a `honest` living. A vast difference between the 100m of sole proprietors of the world and the LLC.
ussrlongbow 3y ago
It is not business, it is being self-employed.
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- reaperducer 3y ago
  The I.R.S. and every other federal agency down to the Bureau of Labor Statistics disagree with you.
edgyquant 3y ago
So maybe it’s the modus operandi of any corporation

Waterluvian 3y ago

I think the core of it is that we want businesses to win by striving to offer a better product. Not to manipulate the marketplace conditions so that they don’t need to.

aerio 3y ago
Microsoft has been the main driver in the movement of cross-play between platforms (Xbox, PS, Nintendo), which can only be described as a huge good for gamers of all types. Sony on the other hand, has been trying to keep their platform closed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/03/14/playstation-seems-to-understand-its-lost-the-crossplay-war-as-wonderlands-indicates/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/03/14/playstatio... >Sony's public rationale of being skeptical of crossplay was stated to be about the “risks” of exposing Sony players to non-PSN markets, but really, it seems to just have been about trying to throw its big sales lead around.

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