• leftzero@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Activision Blizzard was already about as anti-consumer as possible, so in this particular case at worst nothing will change, at best Microsoft might actually clean house and there might be some improvements for the consumers…

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            1 year ago

            I genuinely love your optimism.

            Microsoft will use this purchase to further restrict releases to non Xbox consoles, no matter when they agree to to industry bodies. It is in Microsofts interest to only release on their platforms as releasing to PS or Switch will cost them in Xbox purchases.

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              1 year ago

              Yeah, sorry, I was thinking from a PC standpoint and sort of ignored the whole console perspective (though, frankly, the console market seems to have been absolutely fubared from its inception, from a consumer standpoint, so anything Microsoft does will probably be as relevant as farting into an ocean of shit…)

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          1 year ago

          Benefits me as an Xbox owning, Gamepass subscribing consumer.

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              1 year ago

              I have seen so many comments cheering this merger on because they have gamepass… No, we can’t all think beyond short term.