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| Chazore said: I remember way, way back when Disney almost had the whole movie industry, that said industry had to put a law in place to prevent Disney from owning everyone. That law has since eroded with time, but I hope to god ppl wake up an realise that MS and holdings companies are doomed to repeat that same scenario, and put the same kind of law in place. It's not even remotely healthy to say this is great for everyone, because we saw how Disney went about it nearly 100 years ago, how we're seeing Disney doing it now, as well as other pubs and holdings companies. History will repeat itself, please stop enabling it and saying it's the correct course, because it ain't. |
| Leynos said: This industry is so fucked. I don't like Activision but what MS is doing is a monopoly. This should not be legal. Sure Spencer does it with a smile but really he's just as dirty as an excec. Eliminate the commotion by buying everyone. Age-old monopoly garbage. |
I'm not aware of that Chazone, interesting.
Anti-monopoly laws exist, in US and EU but whether it will hold up here is different. This is a US company buying another, so likely to happen and neither MS or Activision are market leaders, so this is just 2 big ones joining. Nintendo, Sony, Nintendo, 2K and EA own enough of the rest of the industry to form competition. Nintendo nor Sony are buying rival publishers, other ones are but they don't control the platforms, so you know the games acquired will stay on those platforms but just sucks to be a certain game fan if you have happened to not purchase an MS platform.
Last edited by The Fury - on 18 January 2022Hmm, pie.
