stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoMicrosoft Plans to Close The Activision Blizzard Acquisition Next Week, Says Reportinsider-gaming.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: gaming@kbin.social
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Plans to Close The Activision Blizzard Acquisition Next Week, Says Reportinsider-gaming.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@kbin.social
A new report from has claimed that Microsoft is planning to close its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard next week.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down16·1 year agoMicrosoft isn’t that bad compared to the rest of the industry.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat do you mean. They own a monopolistic amount of studios. Adding more to that is only going to make things worse. https://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-game-studios-microsoft/
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year agoI mean the industry is already a cesspool. The consolidation is troubling from a failure of regulators. The games Industry deserves what it gets here though.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoOverall I don’t agree with that, but I do agree they’re better than ActiBlizz. You’d have to blast down into bedrock to get lower than Bobby Kotick
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoRight now they aren’t. You do know how bad they became with their last monopoly, right?
Microsoft isn’t that bad compared to the rest of the industry.
What do you mean. They own a monopolistic amount of studios. Adding more to that is only going to make things worse.
https://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-game-studios-microsoft/
I mean the industry is already a cesspool. The consolidation is troubling from a failure of regulators. The games Industry deserves what it gets here though.
Overall I don’t agree with that, but I do agree they’re better than ActiBlizz. You’d have to blast down into bedrock to get lower than Bobby Kotick
Right now they aren’t. You do know how bad they became with their last monopoly, right?