Headline makes her sound petty, when she’s actually the most important anti-monopoly figure of the past 40 years
My queen.
I was literally just thinking "Lina Khan, my queen" as the thread was loading. I am glad to be amongst kindred spirits.
I miss her 🥺
Didn't like a judge intervene to make this deal happen? Can we get that dumbass judge's face plastered over this deal?
I remember how much games media was hyped on the activision acquisition. It's probably because Kotick and Blizzard execs are a bunch of bastards but that doesn't make MS execs great. Just less shitty. Also had the feeling like games media at the time saw it as strengthening western games studio employment stability. Things have not gone as hoped for in the last few years
lmao on anyone that was dumb enough to think this was going to be a positive outcome
at least it was two shit AAA game companies and not another great indie dev getting absorbed
If a great indie dev gets absorbed then it will cease being great. Mergers by these souls corps are almost always bad for everyone except the execs and shareholders.
The sad thing is that nowhere near enough people will cancel their subs to offset the price increase.
Implying that Microsoft wasn't going to do any layoffs or raise game pass prices if the deal didn't happen?
Implying that consolidation gives them much more leverage to do whatever they like with more detrimental outcomes for the industry and users.
Not really. Sub numbers have been falling for a while, game pass value has always been borderline for devs and value hasn't been increasing that well for gamers. Game pass doesn't give dlc access, it doesn't give big enough incentives to buy on the Xbox store.
If they started doing exclusives I'd be a little concerned, but I'm sure they know that would just hurt their already bad numbers.
Right now Visa, Mastercard and Steam are the bigger problems right now. And Steam just because their bubble is popping, their lack of guards has started to be exploited, which is going to mean they're going to be implementing changes that are bad for everyone, but necessary.
Microsoft sold the acquisition as good for consumers. Now they're doubling the price of GamePass.
Cue Jack's lack of surprise, or however the Fight Club meme goes.
Maybe the FTC should have tried something better than "But what about poor Sony??" as an argument against the acquisition, then.
to be fair, the layoffs (could) have been done under Activision.
Capitalistic enshitification strikes again
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