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Re:Email proves Microsoft's Activision bid is designed to el... by fnimick on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:57AM (#36420226)
There's a difference between "X company pays a developer for one game, now" and "X company has purchased the developer outright so all future games will be available only on this platform."
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Re:Email proves Microsoft's Activision bid is designed to el... by chc on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:22PM (#36421513)
Wait until I tell you how the developers who made The Last of Us came to work at Sony.
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Re:Email proves Microsoft's Activision bid is designed to el... by goosedragons on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:39PM (#36421769)
There is also a difference between buying one singular developer and buying a top 10 (top 5?) publisher and all its developers.
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