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A comment on EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B.

Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by Hokusai on Monday December 14, 2020 @09:56AM (#25418239)
Without control big just gets bigger.

“Tencent Will Acquire Warframe's Parent Company For $1.5 Billion”

- https://www.thegamer.com/tencent-purchase-warframe-parent-co...

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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by Bigpet on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:03PM (#25419885)
The consolidation seems to be really accelerating in the video game space in the last couple of year. Microsoft, EA, Sony Worldwide Studios and other seem to be on an acquisition spree.
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Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B by IronRanger on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:29PM (#25423599)
Because all of the wealth inevitably accrues to the platform holders. 30% of gross revenue is fundamentally a poor deal.
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