Despite the somewhat confusing title, this is an analysis of the merger trial, and how it could continue. Definitely worth the read, it pulls back the curtain on what happens when two giant corporations are trying to fuse.

"The idea is to create a moat that nobody else can attack." - Microsoft exec Matt Booty

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[–] belshamharoth 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

News about the merger being approved was being discussed on Beehaw and everyone was dogpiling on Microsoft saying they're the devil for buying Activision Blizzard.

When I pointed out that Sony are also not innocent, as they regularly pay publishers to block release of games on Xbox, my comment was deleted.

At this stage Xbox is the underdog when compared to PlayStation and need a deal like this to not fall out of the market which would be a bad thing for everyone because it would mean less competition.

Of course it would be much better if no company was allowed to make exclusivity deals with publishers.

[–] TrustedTyrant 11 points 1 year ago

What Microsoft needed was to not fuck up for an entire generation with their first party output. The buying spree they’ve been on is to make up for their own incompetence. I won’t defend Sony buying so many timed exclusives but that’s not nearly the same as buying two publishers to make their content exclusive.

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