Why Do People View the MS Acquisition of ABK as a "Good Thing?"

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SvennoJ said:

Short term gain, instant gratification, people can't look further than the next few years.

If the deal goes through:
- Expect more acquisitions
- Game ownership to be phased out further
- Even more focus on live service, MTX and season passes
- Future game design to be even more based on stimulating addictive behavior
- GP / PS+ Extra prices to go up more
- Less choice / more fragmented choice in the long run
- Lower quality games

Anyway that's what happened with tv and movies.

Did.....we not see the same Xbox showcase? Practically all of their studios are working on single player games.

Obsidian, inXile, and Double Fine are some of the creative studios out there. The first two in the WRPG space. Seems kind of disingenuous that studios like are suddenly going to down the chute. Especially considering how much creative praise they've promoted since being acquired. Even Xbox's Strategy genre is kicking on all gears with Age of Empires and an entry in the 4X genre with Ara: History Untold. 

I do agree with you on some of these points though like prices increasing, more acquisitions. 

I'm not sure what you mean by less choice though.