• @lilja@lemmy.ml
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    542 months ago

    I wonder if regulators will bring this up the next time Microsoft wants to buy another publisher. They fought tooth-and-nail to buy Activision Blizzard and like a child that got a new toy they’re throwing out the old ones.

    • Hypx
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      132 months ago

      It’s secretly benefiting the smaller game studios because Microsoft is basically giving up marketshare. The real question is whether MS wants to buy any more studios.

      • @lilja@lemmy.ml
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        92 months ago

        With all the money they’ll save from shutting down all the smaller studios they can just go out and buy more.

      • @sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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        52 months ago

        Benefits how? I feel like gaming is going to become like the startup sector where companies create something to specifically get acquired by a big company.

        Like it’s becoming so prevalent for these big gaming publishers to vacuum up IP and sit on it, it’s just the Disney-fication of gaming.