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scrumANDtonic t1_j1k63yu wrote

Reply to comment by Tulol in Microsoft will fight U.S. over $68.7-billion Activision Blizzard deal by Brook030

You joke, but I saw a comment along these lines earlier

>I don’t support mega-mergers or giving corporations more power but at least this way maybe we’ll get another star craft game.

Idk if these are bots, or if they’re the same people who will turn around and complain about lack of wage growth.

It’s the same with the amount of people who shill for gamepass. It’s an objectively short term convenience that will do nothing besides lower competitiveness, make ownership more difficult, and further drop the quality of the industry.

Again the same people shilling gamepass are the same ones who will complain about what streaming has done to movies/television.

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BAXR6TURBSKIFALCON t1_j1k9z8g wrote

i mean gamepass is objectively a good investment for most people

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aznkupo t1_j1kbhzr wrote

It’s no an investment, it’s a subscription.

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acprocode t1_j1kb2rb wrote

its really not if people actually did the math on it. The problem is gamers are the dumbest consumers. They generally don't do math and just see a ton of games and say "yea thats a good investment". Its only worth it if you are playing in excess of 8 or more games a year which most people aren't. You can normally buy the games you want to play per year for less than the price of the gamepass subscription.

Itll go the way of netflix as much as people like to downvote me for saying this. As more day one release titles try to get pushed to it, they will need to recoupe upfront costs and they will either tier gamepass for day 1 releases and/or increase the price of gamepass going into 2023 and beyond. Similarily games controlled by external publishers will end up jacking up their prices.

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acprocode t1_j1kaurm wrote

its more likely once microsoft buys acti-blizz that you will get a starcraft game announcement and then itll be cancelled.

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