Microsoft rumoured to purchase Obsidian Entertainment

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Azzanation said:

Boycotting "withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest." That's exactly how you sound to me, and like I stated before, that's a "You Problem" 

Your fixated on MS ruining your gaming.. than don't buy there games or platforms. Its pretty simple, you seem to have other games you can go out and buy instead of Obsidian ones so good for you. Game how you want to, I personally would love to see Obsidian make a game with a good budget behind it weather its on Win10 or Steam so lets wait and see. 

Win10 store is a lot different to the past Windows stores so lets not try to pretend there the same thing.

EEE Strategy does not apply to this, this is a thread about MS buying a studio to help make games for there platforms not a buy out and shut down approach. Again its just a rumour and if its true than I guess you need to avoid Obsidian from now on because you cannot be seen supporting MS.

I think you have taken this thread a little too personal.

mmn, I'm sure it does, and those that simply aren't interested or those that just don't buy from MS fall under that rule, which should be, ooh I dunno, a few billion out there...

No, you're fixated on MS being a part of everything and everything being a part of MS. You don't seem to understand what a company does and has done in the past, but you are far, far more willing to look past any and all evidence just to spite someone who doesn't share your viewpoint.

I don't buy their games, that's been made evident by me buying games on Steam, Battle.net and GoG. I actually do have other games, but do not once mistake me having other games for me not wanting to criticize a company nor wanting my games I want to play being bought up as something I wouldn't talk about, because I absolutely will talk about those instances when a buyout arises.

Also, I've bought Obsidian games, so don't even dare act as if they are already owned by MS, let alone credited for "designing" said existing IP's, because I know that's how you are viewing them right now. I'd love to see Obsidian making good games for everyone else to play, not just on Xbox and definitely not locked behind the objectively crappy Win 10 storefront either. Hah, Steam, I know you'd prefer MS being behind the budget any day, so leave that "I care equally for both" behind the door. 

It's a store not the store, and in it's current form, it is still nowhere near on the scale or level of features that Steam and the other clients have. I don't have to pretend anything, but maybe you should stop pretending that the WIn 10 store is perfect or above what Steam and others offer. 

The EEE strategy applies to their way of life as a whole. Why make deals with the competition when you can "embrace it", followed by "extending towards claiming it", followed by "extinguishing them" (which others have actually pointed out within this very thread). DO not tell me for a moment that they have dropped a strategy made famous, that actually works, for something else entirely, because so far, it's been in effect for so many years. 

"guess you'll have to avoid Obsidian", yeah, I'll be supporting someone who hasn't sold their soul to a corp like MS, and guess what?, they'll be better off for getting support from someone else than MS. 

I think you take being challenged very personally, especially when it's in the name of MS. Not once have you dropped your guard against anyone and you absolutely refuse any and fall fault within your logic. I think you really need to get a good long hard look at yourself mate.