thehatfox@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMicrosoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulatorswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down17
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minus-squareZoldyck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down5·11 months agoBlizzard was already dead
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down10·11 months agoI mean for gamers in general. This merger will not benefit consumers.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoYeah but game production isn’t about the consumers. It’s a business.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoActivision Blizzard was already about as anti-consumer as possible, so in this particular case at worst nothing will change, at best Microsoft might actually clean house and there might be some improvements for the consumers…
minus-squareNuPNuA@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down16·11 months agoBenefits me as an Xbox owning, Gamepass subscribing consumer.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoShort-term, maybe. But surely we can all think beyond that?
minus-squaremars296@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoI have seen so many comments cheering this merger on because they have gamepass… No, we can’t all think beyond short term.
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoThey’ve been dead since Activision merged with them.
Blizzard was already dead
I mean for gamers in general. This merger will not benefit consumers.
Yeah but game production isn’t about the consumers. It’s a business.
Activision Blizzard was already about as anti-consumer as possible, so in this particular case at worst nothing will change, at best Microsoft might actually clean house and there might be some improvements for the consumers…
Benefits me as an Xbox owning, Gamepass subscribing consumer.
Short-term, maybe. But surely we can all think beyond that?
I have seen so many comments cheering this merger on because they have gamepass… No, we can’t all think beyond short term.
They’ve been dead since Activision merged with them.