simple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoMicrosoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them allwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down14 cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1461arrow-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 · 17 hours agomessage-square44fedilink cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-211 hours 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-up4·5 hours 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.