simple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoMicrosoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them allwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down17 cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1697arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them allwww.polygon.comsimple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square78fedilink cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-226 days agoi figured it was going to be a transition over time for less shocking optics. anyway, the main point is microsoft wants them to make games, exclusive or not. buying them didn’t eliminate any competition.
minus-squareAHemlocksLie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·26 days agoYes, it did eliminate competition. They’re no longer competition once Microsoft buys them. They’re employees, possibly if a subsidiary, who contribute to Microsoft’s profits.
i figured it was going to be a transition over time for less shocking optics.
anyway, the main point is microsoft wants them to make games, exclusive or not. buying them didn’t eliminate any competition.
Yes, it did eliminate competition. They’re no longer competition once Microsoft buys them. They’re employees, possibly if a subsidiary, who contribute to Microsoft’s profits.