Hassling them when they are expanding their psedo monopoly seems like a good place to start. But you are right when it concern microsoft you could literally start anywhere and find anti consumerist and anti competitive behaviors.
Hassling them when they are expanding their psedo monopoly seems like a good place to start
Lol they aren’t even remotely close to a monopoly in the gaming market, even if this all goes through. This is the first console generation they haven’t gotten their asses beat by Sony hands down, and it’s only because they’re selling a last Gen console under the current Gen. And that’s ignoring that Nintendo just sorta exists and does their own thing in their own universe. And like, all of pc gaming exists too.
2.5 trillion dollar company that has it’s fingers in every portion of gaming and just bought another billion dollar gaming business is not “even remotely close to a monopoly”. The same company that tried is very best to kill opengl adoption, because that wasn’t a monopolistic move like the many many other moves that were similar to this. Lest we forget EEE and United States v. Microsoft Corp.
XBox actually seems like it won’t survive another generation if it doesn’t get some good exclusives, fast. Currently it has no moat over PlayStation other than the Game Pass, which is (rightly) distrusted by many gamers purely because of being an online subscription model.
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Good, maybe the FTC can start focusing on things that actually matter instead of constantly beating up strawmen.
I think going after trillion dollar companies is a good use of time tbh.
They could be hassling microsoft for literally anything else and it would be a better idea.
Hassling them when they are expanding their psedo monopoly seems like a good place to start. But you are right when it concern microsoft you could literally start anywhere and find anti consumerist and anti competitive behaviors.
Lol they aren’t even remotely close to a monopoly in the gaming market, even if this all goes through. This is the first console generation they haven’t gotten their asses beat by Sony hands down, and it’s only because they’re selling a last Gen console under the current Gen. And that’s ignoring that Nintendo just sorta exists and does their own thing in their own universe. And like, all of pc gaming exists too.
2.5 trillion dollar company that has it’s fingers in every portion of gaming and just bought another billion dollar gaming business is not “even remotely close to a monopoly”. The same company that tried is very best to kill opengl adoption, because that wasn’t a monopolistic move like the many many other moves that were similar to this. Lest we forget EEE and United States v. Microsoft Corp.
XBox actually seems like it won’t survive another generation if it doesn’t get some good exclusives, fast. Currently it has no moat over PlayStation other than the Game Pass, which is (rightly) distrusted by many gamers purely because of being an online subscription model.
I have a feeling Starfield will bomb so much. Nothing I’ve seen convinced me it’s a great game.