EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision deal

Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by bheadmaster on Monday May 15, 2023 @01:30PM (#35951618)

I can't wait for the next big AAA title with DRM, subscription, dozens of DLC (without which, of course, the game sucks), and a ton of microtransactions for the real pay-to-win experience! What's the point of being rich if you can't use your money to buy superiority over other players?

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by reaperman on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:01PM (#35952107)

I can't wait for StarCraft 3. But also, I want to point out that I think StarCraft 2 set a really wonderful model for $$$ DLC:

- Nothing that affected gameplay was DLC

- DLC was restricted to additional solo/co-op campaigns and cosmetic skins.

- The only thing I would change is there was a button to override player-chosen "colors" and set yourself/friendlies to bright green and enemies to bright red for consistency game-to-game. I'd like that button to also set skins to default.

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by pixelpoet on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @06:12AM (#35959759)

Username checks out :)

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by doublepg23 on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:42PM (#35952726)

Is this happening? Even most of the AAA games that were recently lauded today are pretty consumer friendly experiences (Elden Ring, Zelda, God of War). It seems like a great time to be a gamer.

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