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Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by ejlxsh on Friday October 13, 2023 @01:58PM (#37873517)
I do agree here, but also I think if a company is acquiring to give an even better service to their own users it's a good thing (as one of those users). I'm sure I read they've agreed to keep them cross-platform so it won't impact Playstation users (maybe a delay with new games being released on Playstation, like how FF16 isn't on Xbox yet) - but what I am really hoping for is the games simply become part of the Xbox Ultimate subscription.
Re:Microsoft $69B deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision ... by hx8 on Friday October 13, 2023 @02:47PM (#37874060)
For me personally, neither Activision nor Blizzard has released a game I wanted to play since Legacy of the Void (2015). This will not have any impact on how I play games for at least the next 3 years.

I have long term fears that month-to-month game subscriptions will eat the world and in 15 years people pay for games in the same way they currently pay for streaming videos ($10-$20/mo to many content providers).