I would not like this to happen personally because I just don't like the idea of companies who have totally unproven record in gaming industry like Google or Amazon coming with the deep pockets and starting to buy out publishers.
But speaking about the case of Amazon buying Ubisoft, from what we know, I don't think it's gonna be the end of the world:
- First of all, Amazon owned developer already launched a game that was available on consoles and PC. I think there is a potential scenario when Amazon locks the games out of consoles and release them only on PC and Luna, but it's definitely not gonna be anytime soon. Amazon also was listed as a developer that supports Xbox, so it seems like restricting their games to only their cloud service or cloud service and PC is not a part of their strategy. I would only worry for those less than 1% people who went full on Stadia or xCloud, because when it comes to cloud streaming, there 100% will be a Luna exclusivity in case Amazon acquires Ubisoft.
- Ubisoft is a AAA publisher with a huge mainstream exposure, which has more than 50% of revenue made on consoles if I'm not mistaken. Amazon is not that dumb to just drop that large chunk of revenue. As I already mentioned before, the console users should not worry, because Amazon unlike Google seems to understand that cloud services don't have that much availability and popularity as consoles or PC, so it's not their war. Their main goal would be to secure exclusivity on cloud streaming only.
P.S. Just looking at me shelf, I don't see a single Ubisoft game there, so even if the worst case scenario happens when games are locked to the cloud as a result of such buyout, I would not like it because of the reason mentioned above, but it's not like I will lose something by not subscribing to Amazon service.
