Kotaku- Microsoft is close to buying Obsidian Entertainment

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Azzanation said:

Of course MS will support and push there OS because thats why PC gaming is what it is today. Windows 10 doesnt restrict you from downloading Steam or any other conpetitive App. 

MS's big real competitor is Apple, and unlike Apple MS isnt restrictive. Apple could buy Obsidian and lock them to Apple only devices, would you much prefer that? Sony and Nintendo would do the exact same thing by closing them to one platform. 

Your preference is your preference, you choose to boycott Win10/Xbox so be it, as for me, i couldnt care less if MS buy Obsidian or not, because i know weather there owned by MS or not i can still access there games without changing my hardware, i dont care about the petty little things like logging into another App. Heck i brought BF4 and Dead Space 3 which were exclusive to Origins. I still played them and enjoy them.

I havnt admitted fault because i dont see a fault in this deal. I dont hold personal grudges over MS so this does not affect me.

End of the day, weather we like it or not, it seems MS are buying Obsidian which is considered normal buisness practice, big companies buy little companies and they mainly do it to make money not to lose so id assume MS have big plans for them and now that they might be financially secure we can see what protential they have. 

"that's why PC gaming is what it is today". Yeah and you forget the other OS's and don't give credit to them either, funny how that works.

Windows 10 store restricts what you buy and where you buy it, stop trying to dodge the goal posts. The OS also becomes a form of restriction when win 7-8 users are not able to buy MS games that are locked to the Win 10 store, so in essence the OS does become partly restrictive. You want to call those people "stuck in the past", you may as well say the same for every OS that isn't Win 10, and that is an argument you will lose outright, and for good reason.

MS is restrictive in who gets to use what via their own OS. They haven't allowed the majority of their own software to be fully usable on other OS's, even the free Linux. Apple locks software to their own OS, the same way MS does, so please stop trying to assert that MS is completely 110% the same as Linux, because it's really not. 

I'd prefer Obsidian remain free and 100% autonomous. if they get bought up by MS, they remain locked to MS devices and OS's, just like Apple would do. It's funny how you claim MS as literally the only one whom wouldn't "close" the studio to their eco-system, yet apparently everyone else would, that's utter tripe any way you spin it. 

Yes, my preference is my own, clever deduction right there. Also "boycott" is such a strong word, I prefer it as my own "decision" not to purchase from the Win 10 store, but instead to purchase from others that give me what I want and what I'm looking for. 

You call it petty, that's adorable. What you are interested in can be seen as petty by others, and I know you well enough to see you arguing differently, but you don't want to see it from the other end and admit you misjudge them. 

I bought BF1 on Origin because I had no choice. There is no other choice to buy BF1 other than Origin, thanks to EA taking their ball and going home with it, while charging a higher price. Same thing Activision has now done with CoD, with zero benefits to my side.

 

You don't see fault because you know it would knock you down a peg, as well as your arguments. I've seen you do this with multiple users on here and it's honestly frustrated them for good reason. YTou do not make sound and factually "compelling" arguments. You just throw everyone else under the bus that isn't MS. 

Ha, I don't hold a personal grudge, I just dislike stupid shit that companies do, nothing "personal" about that.

 

Buying anything is considered a "normal business practice", doesn't mean it cannot be criticized though. Any company buys another to make money and not lose it, what else is there beyond the average norm?.

I'd rather see their potential without being under MS's heel. I've seen what other devs have without being a part of the big 3.