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As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] 9limmer@piefed.zip 31 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Implying that consolidation gives them much more leverage to do whatever they like with more detrimental outcomes for the industry and users.

[โ€“] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works -5 points 17 hours ago

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.