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So, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry? (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[โ€“] amki@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The interface gets a little better and that's it basically? (Alternatively: They try to spin a social medium around it and fail somewhat and succeed somewhat?)

[โ€“] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, Youtube was maybe a bad example. They aren't that far with the enshittification yet, and just started increasing the amounts of ads...

Things I do expect:

  • Price increase
  • Tiered pricing (okay, that's already a thing for GamePass with the "PC" and "Ultimate" plan)
  • Lower price tiers including advertisements (could for instance be placed in games streamed from the cloud)
  • Other things that aren't beneficial for consumers.