Where do you stand on Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard?

[Norion]

Qwark said:

Norion said:

It'll benefit me a tad but I still lean against it since I'm not a fan of this sort of consolidation. At this point though I hope whatever happens does happen by mid 2023 since it's already been almost a full year since it was announced.

Consolidation will only invite more consolidation so if this goes through expect more buyouts. After all even if everything releases on everything with these deals you don't want to be able to counter your main competitor somewhat. So the chance Playstation announces a buyout after this goes trough is rather big. They might not be able to cough op 67 billion, but they can easily buyout either Capcom and/or Square and if Microsoft owns Actibliz and Bethesda, I doubt it will raise to much fuzz with some consessions. They rather stop the deal, but surely they are preparing for plan B in the shadows.

Yeah that's why I lean against it. It would likely mean all of Activision Blizzard coming to Steam which I'd like but that's not worth the long term consequences.