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

[Norion]

CGI-Quality said:

Norion said:

Much bigger worldwide yeah but close enough in markets like the US to make a difference I think. To be more clear by move the needle I don't mean it's gonna make a massive difference and have Xbox overtake Playstation, just that it'll reduce the gap between the two. For example some people picking up an Xbox to play games like COD on Game Pass going forward will matter. Something as massive as Activision Blizzard getting associated with the Xbox brand will contribute to them doing better this gen compared to gen 8 basically.

I know, I'm saying I just don't see any significant gap decreases based on this. They will likely do better than last gen, but I expect the PS5 to do even better than the PS4 too. So, things will remain largely the same.

It's probably too late for that for this gen though it'll give them a better shot to shift things in a big way at some point in the future. The PS5 shouldn't outright double the sales of the Xbox Series like the PS4 did compared to the Xbox One so things getting somewhat more competitive this gen should be positive.