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[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 54 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if regulators will bring this up the next time Microsoft wants to buy another publisher. They fought tooth-and-nail to buy Activision Blizzard and like a child that got a new toy they're throwing out the old ones.

[–] Hypx@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's secretly benefiting the smaller game studios because Microsoft is basically giving up marketshare. The real question is whether MS wants to buy any more studios.

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

With all the money they'll save from shutting down all the smaller studios they can just go out and buy more.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

Benefits how? I feel like gaming is going to become like the startup sector where companies create something to specifically get acquired by a big company.

Like it's becoming so prevalent for these big gaming publishers to vacuum up IP and sit on it, it's just the Disney-fication of gaming.