• nivenkos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ideally MS would have done this by actually competing and growing the industry by funding thousands of new studios and experimental projects.

    Instead they’re just trying to turn existing, well-funded and developed games into exclusives, and handing billions to Bobby Kotick.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not a matter of money, they have the money pool to do both (and they do). It’s about controlling as much of the market as they can by killing all competition, just like they did on the OS market.

      • Defaced@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Exactly, the Microsoft of the 90’s is still there, they’re just better at hiding it and I’m glad all of this is coming out to the public. Microsoft plays dirty, always has and always will.