Comment on Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• zecg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  ActiBlizz haven’t made anything I’ve been interested in for some time.

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  • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not interested in their games either, my issue with it is that a lot of people are, and MS is trying their hardest to get a monopoly in the industry and/or turn everything into streaming-only subscription crap

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• LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  🙄👌

  It’s never been a better time to be a gamer. Fantastic games are a dime a dozen and consoles have never been nearly as powerful for low end games. It’s a fantastic time to be gaming.

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  • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Except Microsoft is building up a monopoly on gaming, buying what they can, consolidating its properties so they can then transition to a streaming-only model where nobody owns anything (I know you don’t technically “own” the games you buy either but at least you can have them on physical media to keep, back up or sell) and the only way to play anything is to pay a monthly subscription fee and to use only what Microsoft allows you to use (i.e. no more Linux gaming)

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    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What a fantastic imagination.

      If you want to blame physical media going away you should go complain to papa Gaben.

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      • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Steam games are obtainable in other ways. Streaming-exclusive ones aren’t.

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• theherk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’ve been dead. EA and Activision made sure of that long since.

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  • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not what I meant and you’re literally wrong lol, incredible games are made every year. My problem with this is that Microsoft is trying to turn gaming into its corporate cloud-only monopoly.

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    • theherk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Good games are still made, but the top shops, with respect to size and funding have priorities that aren’t aligned directly with enjoyment and story telling. There is a lot of requirement to be online, gambling addiction based mechanics, unfinished releases, MRR goals, and strong arm tactics by publishers for platform exclusivity. Perhaps I am literally wrong about my view, but it is my opinion nevertheless; wasn’t trying to start a debate.

      User satisfaction is regularly an afterthought to profit, as is expected in capitalism but not always ideal for the consumer. And less competition doesn’t help.

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Eh, I’m of the opinion when the old giants get stale or acquired into a grand corporate strategy new studios will spring up to fill the vacancy in the market.

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