cm0002@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agoAs Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down13
arrow-up1483arrow-down1external-linkAs Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'www.pcgamer.comcm0002@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareDefault_Defect@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down8·13 days agoImplying that Microsoft wasn’t going to do any layoffs or raise game pass prices if the deal didn’t happen?
minus-squareCerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoMicrosoft sold the acquisition as good for consumers. Now they’re doubling the price of GamePass. Cue Jack’s lack of surprise, or however the Fight Club meme goes.
minus-squareDefault_Defect@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·12 days agoMaybe the FTC should have tried something better than “But what about poor Sony??” as an argument against the acquisition, then.
Implying that Microsoft wasn’t going to do any layoffs or raise game pass prices if the deal didn’t happen?
Microsoft sold the acquisition as good for consumers. Now they’re doubling the price of GamePass.
Cue Jack’s lack of surprise, or however the Fight Club meme goes.
Maybe the FTC should have tried something better than “But what about poor Sony??” as an argument against the acquisition, then.