Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard
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It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.

Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard::It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.

  • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    215·
    1 year ago

    Except Microsoft is building up a monopoly on gaming, buying what they can, consolidating its properties so they can then transition to a streaming-only model where nobody owns anything (I know you don’t technically “own” the games you buy either but at least you can have them on physical media to keep, back up or sell) and the only way to play anything is to pay a monthly subscription fee and to use only what Microsoft allows you to use (i.e. no more Linux gaming)

    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      422·
      1 year ago

      What a fantastic imagination.

      If you want to blame physical media going away and scream about monopoly you should go complain to papa Gaben.

          • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            I don’t exclusively mean piracy. You can still buy big budget games on disc, and you can buy most games from any other platform, including GOG and Itch which don’t implement DRM. I only care about physical media in the sense that nobody can take it away from you, and DRM-free media achieves the same goal.

            Not to mention that piracy isn’t theft because you’re not taking anything away from anyone, you’re making a copy of some files 🤷‍♀️

            The notion that piracy is theft is capitalist bullshit designed to manipulate people’s emotions by equating a company not making as much profits as they theoretically could have to theft lol

                  • hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                    32·
                    1 year ago

                    Please look up the definition of theft lmao

                    I’m not “delusional” (maybe tone down the ableism btw) because I don’t see theft as something universally bad, stealing from companies is good IMO.

                    But piracy is different because again, you’re not taking anything away from anyone, you’re making an unauthorized copy of it for yourself.