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Re:Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard by maroonblazer on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:55PM (#36689169)
Minecraft proves the parent's point. Following your logic, Microsoft should've made Minecraft an exclusive. They didn't. In fact they're expanding the footprint, rolling it out to Chromebooks last month.
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Re:Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard by taeric on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:11PM (#36689677)
Oddly, I feel the writing is on the wall for this one. Minecraft would be a perfect game for the PSVR2, and yet?
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Re:Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard by maroonblazer on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:07PM (#36690020)
People don't want to play Minecraft in VR. Witness Minecraft on Oculus.
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Re:Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard by taeric on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @12:05AM (#36690345)
It is on the PS VR1. And my family would love to play it on our system. Such that I can't believe it is "nobody."

Fair if you want to posit that VR is a niche market. But.... honestly, so is the entire Xbox market.

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Re:Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard by dave7 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @08:25AM (#36693530)
Well, the FTC court docs show Phil Spencer wanted to (the spinoff Minecraft Dungeons), but couldn't due to the contract with Notch. He instructed his team to try and find a loophole, and described the contract as something he regrets. When asked about this on the stand, he said "We ended up releasing on PlayStation"
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