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Very bad for end consumer in long term.
by nixass 3y ago
Very bad for end consumer in long term.
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- unpopularopp 3y agoCan you expand up on that? I can't play Pokemon on my PC or Gran Turismo on my Xbox or WoW on my PS5. What will change "very bad for end consumer in long term"?
- dmonitor 3y ago“can someone explain why microsoft is evil?”
- frumper 3y agoThose same people can explain how Activision is independently evil.
- leotravis10 3y agoWhat that commenter meant is that it clearly opens the door for further consolidation of the gaming industry. I can clearly see for example Microsoft buying Sega and Square Enix as we saw that filing (1) or Sony buying Konami or Nintendo buying studios. They're surely going to be coming and it's going to be bad for consumers in the long run limiting choices. (1) https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777003/microsoft-square-enix-acquisition-mobile-xbox-game-pass https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777003/microsoft-square...
- rvz 3y agoYes. The starting gun for consolidation and less for the consumer. Another grave mistake. But as long as you throw enough money at the judges and bribing regulators, perhaps you do get away with monopolistic practices. Microsoft will never change and cannot be trusted. They will continue their horizontal integration of games studios and apply their lock in with their game-pass platform over a so-called 10 year pinky promise which they can make all other new games exclusive anyway afterwards.