UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 9 months agoSo, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square75arrow-up1106arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkSo, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?www.gamesindustry.bizUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 9 months agomessage-square75cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-29 months agoThe interface gets a little better and that’s it basically? (Alternatively: They try to spin a social medium around it and fail somewhat and succeed somewhat?)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoOkay, Youtube was maybe a bad example. They aren’t that far with the enshittification yet, and just started increasing the amounts of ads… Things I do expect: Price increase Tiered pricing (okay, that’s already a thing for GamePass with the “PC” and “Ultimate” plan) Lower price tiers including advertisements (could for instance be placed in games streamed from the cloud) Other things that aren’t beneficial for consumers.
The interface gets a little better and that’s it basically? (Alternatively: They try to spin a social medium around it and fail somewhat and succeed somewhat?)
Okay, Youtube was maybe a bad example. They aren’t that far with the enshittification yet, and just started increasing the amounts of ads…
Things I do expect: