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Machiavellian on 22 April 2022
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hinch said:
Machiavellian said:

When I say MS tries harder, I am not talking about missteps, I am talking about trying to gain customers.  I agree all OEMs have at one point or another had to make up for mistakes they have made in the past.  Hell even now Sony charges all first party games 70 bucks and charge for upgrades from PS4 to PS5.  The thing is, Sony nor Nintendo really have played in last place and currently MS works harder for your coin then Sony or Nintendo.  I personally would not want MS on top because just like any company then they play different.  Now they switch to suppressing competition and instead of looking for ways to gain customers.

When I state that MS gets more scrutiny its because of their history and their size.  When MS purchase a business its always viewed as if they seek a monopoly while Sony and Nintendo are afforded way more Leniency.

I mean there is a reason for it. They recently bought out two of the largest and most influential publishers/devs in the world and control some of the biggest IP's in the video games industry and can do so without breaking as a single sweat. They can afford to buy out companies and gobble up different markets and grow more. MS have have been hit with a few anti-trust laws in the past so really extending that to gaming isn't a hard stretch considering they bought out Zenimax/Bethesda AND Blizzard Activision in the space of 2 years.

No other than a few select companies like Google, Amazon, Meta and Apple has the buying power to gobble up the big players and it does concern other platforms that cannot compete.

I believe you are forgetting Embracer group which from what we have seen has purchased a lot of studios.  Yes, I am not denying that MS deserve the attention pretty much stated its because of their size and history.