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Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard(www.theverge.com)

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MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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My default stance is that consolidation is bad, but Blizzard can’t get much worse right now.

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sharpiemarker@feddit.de
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It can’t get much worse than “do you guys not have phones?”

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Macaque@lemmy.world
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From my experience the whole reason Blizzard has gotten bad is because they wanted to be an attractive sale.

Businesses often get really terrible before a sale or IPO.

Edit: corrected dictation typo, “Business is.”

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nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world
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Business is often get really terrible before a sale or IPO.

Would explain Reddit LMFAO

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TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world
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I have an Xbox, and subscribe to game pass, so this is a win for me

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NightSicarius 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
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Yeah, it’ll be interesting to see if it comes to Game Pass. Even as a PC user, I like subscribing to this every so often just to play random new games for a month.

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NightSicarius 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
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So Blizzard has no plans currently. Doesn’t mean plans won’t be made the minute after the merger goes through.

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shectabeni@sh.itjust.works
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Monopolies are generally bad but Microsoft does seem to be doing a decent enough job with all the other studios they have scooped up. If we can get Bobby Kotick out of the picture seems like a win to me.

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Macaque@lemmy.world
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The review process is bullshit. If you’re perfectly happy in your job and you’re doing amazing, they fire you for not getting promoted.

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utopianrevolt@lemmy.world
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Also Redfall was kinda a disaster. I believe the only games that have really paid off have been Hellblade and Hi-Fi Rush.

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SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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Does this mean they’ll move Diablo off the PlayStation?

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Activision: “You know what, on second thought…”

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