VAMatt said:
Dulfite said:
Buying companies is a LOT more complicated than that, especially with what you are suggesting lol. For one thing, people aren't always just waiting around to sell their shares to someone with a bunch of money. Some people own shares that they don't want to sell, no matter how much someone offers. Others who would normally sell won't out of principle to a mega corporation. On top of person choice, let's talk government oversight: A republican administration would be all over one company trying to buy that many competitors out, let alone the current democratic one. Bethesda is one thing. But if Microsoft were to try to "buy the exclusive rights to every game in existence" they would be blocked before they even got to 15% of every IP out there probably lol. The guy in the White House who is constantly asking people where he is, what he is supposed to say next, and refuses to do press conferences probably wouldn't be on top of it, but absolutely this would have Bi-Partisan support to be shut down by Vice President Harris, Congress, and the federal courts. |
Obviously, buying rights to everything is an exaggeration. You're either deliberately ignoring the obvious point - that MS has the money to handle Valve in multiple ways - or..... well, I don't see any other options. |
I mean, Gamepass was certainly a way to siphon off Valve users. They've tried to make Windows Store a bigger deal. I don't really see what else they could do to try to crush Steam unless they start getting more exclusives on Windows Store/Gamepass? People have tons of games and friends on Steam and many probably are unwilling to move to a new platform because they don't want to have split libraries and there are probably a good chunk who don't want to move simply because they have so many Steam achievements.
