Can a Arcadiumbreh explain to me like a Joey of why the Microsoft/Activision deal is controversial?

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The 2000s on the internet was fukking magical

 

[Fatboi1]

You ain't been in the trenches until you remember how "big" a 4.7GB iso appeared. Downloading that shyt with Kazaa before you went to school with Verizon DSL speeds .

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

You ain't been in the trenches until you remember how "big" a 4.7GB iso appeared. Downloading that shyt with Kazaa before you went to school with Verizon DSL speeds .

shyt if it was anything over 20MB I knew to come back to the torrent the next day. 4.9Kbps download speeds and celebrating double digits.

 

[Deafheaven]

I wouldn't be shocked if Meach said Xbox/Microsoft had a pivotal role in the big bang happening at this point. Real nasty work in here

 

[Fatboi1]

I wouldn't be shocked if Meach said Xbox/Microsoft had a pivotal role in the big bang happening at this point. Real nasty work in here

Microsoft helped start the Indus valley civilizations breh. Nadella=MSFT=India so MSFT really played a pivotal role over there.

 

[Deafheaven]

Microsoft helped start the indus valley civilzations breh. Nadella=MSFT=India so MSFT really played a pivotal role over there.

Its really almost art at this point. He wasted his talents shytposting on thecoli. Would have made millions as a spin artist on one of the news networks.

 

[WMG the 2nd]

From a general business standpoint, consolidation in any industry tends to not benefit the consumer. An extreme example of that is broadband internet. In most markets, consolidation has made it so you realistically have one serious option for internet/cable in your area, and then a couple of alternatives. As a result, broadband pricing in general is absolute fukking trash. The argument being made is that while this specific sale doesn't get Microsoft to that level, it does set precedent if they want to make another purchase like this again later on, that the sale should be harder to push back on.

Sony's problem is that while Activision/Blizzard doesn't publish a TON of games, they games they publish tend to be pretty heavy sellers. As it is now, they're good with their 30/70 split on sales made via PSN for those games, since they're going to a third party that doesn't actually compete with them. This purchase would change that so it's a 30/70 split with the 70 going to a direct competitor, essentially forcing Sony into a situation where they're essentially funding Microsoft's efforts to build out XBox as a platform, all while Microsoft could theoretically pull those games from Sony at some point, or at minimum, just offer those games as part of Game Pass.

Microsoft's main issue is that, while they've invested in a lot of studios recently, not many of them have games ready to keep a steady stream of hits coming. Acquiring Activision/Blizzard gives them an immediate boost, since they will have acquired what is effectively a game factory, since CoD always finds a way to release yearly.

Where the issues come into play is that both sides are playing the PR game, and essentially trying to weaponize the consumerbase against the other side with pretty shytty, bad faith arguments.

Add in folks online more than happy to engage in dumb console wars, and you've got fukkery that came together quicker than instant grits.

So who is right nikka

 

[Legal]

So who is right nikka

Whichever one you feel like picking, I guess. shyt like this isn't a cut and dry thing.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

There’s no controversy, just bunch of fanboys arguing about corporations doing what they’ve always done. No one complains when phone, food, and media corporations do this shyt.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I wouldn't be shocked if Meach said Xbox/Microsoft had a pivotal role in the big bang happening at this point. Real nasty work in here

Yes microsoft gets “blame” for bringing DLC and Paid online communities to the masses.

But they get no “credit” for all of what that entails.

It ain’t me that’s delusional in here. Y’all need to reconcile your conflicting narratives.

 

[Deafheaven]

Yes microsoft gets “blame” for bringing DLC and Paid online communities to the masses.

But they get no “credit” for all of what that entails.

It ain’t me that’s delusional in here. Y’all need to reconcile your conflicting narratives.

Congrats or im sorry not reading that

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

I can't believe some of y'all got kids

 

[MeachTheMonster]

The entire industry supports the deal and agrees sony needs a kick in the ass.

Sony stan’s still beating the “unfair” “monopoly” drum.

The #Shambles are real

@Blessed Koala as you can see. The deal is only “controversial” to sony stans