As 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'

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 4 days ago

As 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'

Technus@lemmy.zip · 4 days ago

I’ve been incensed about this since I first heard about the merger over two years ago. The fact that both the US and EU rubber-stamped the deal is easily one of the biggest regulatory failings of the tech sector in the past ten years.

I still can’t believe that the only stipulation was that CoD had to remain available on Playstation.