Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard::It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.
Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard::It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.
It’s never been a better time to be a gamer. Fantastic games are a dime a dozen and consoles have never been nearly as powerful for low end games. It’s a fantastic time to be gaming.
Except Microsoft is building up a monopoly on gaming, buying what they can, consolidating its properties so they can then transition to a streaming-only model where nobody owns anything (I know you don’t technically “own” the games you buy either but at least you can have them on physical media to keep, back up or sell) and the only way to play anything is to pay a monthly subscription fee and to use only what Microsoft allows you to use (i.e. no more Linux gaming)
Nowhere near enough people have a connection fast enough to stream games other than turn based ones. Unless you live near a major city, its not getting better any time soon either.
What a fantastic imagination.
If you want to blame physical media going away and scream about monopoly you should go complain to papa Gaben.
Steam games are obtainable in other ways. Streaming-exclusive ones aren’t.
You mean by stealing. You should just be clear with your language.
I don’t exclusively mean piracy. You can still buy big budget games on disc, and you can buy most games from any other platform, including GOG and Itch which don’t implement DRM. I only care about physical media in the sense that nobody can take it away from you, and DRM-free media achieves the same goal.
Not to mention that piracy isn’t theft because you’re not taking anything away from anyone, you’re making a copy of some files 🤷♀️
The notion that piracy is theft is capitalist bullshit designed to manipulate people’s emotions by equating a company not making as much profits as they theoretically could have to theft lol
I love it. You even said the line.
I’m glad you at least seem to enjoy the taste of boot 🤷♀️
Oh don’t get me wrong, I pirate when it makes sense. I’m just not delusional about what I’m stealing.
What does Steam have monopoly over?
Nothing, unless you are crazy enough to think Ms has a monopoly.