Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

• PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s in a dark place because it is going to eventually become unaffordable to those who haven’t purchased a console or pc or handheld. I guess mobile gaming will become the main focus like it is in China.

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  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Given all the fun I’ve had over the years with far less powerful systems, it’s not exactly a deathknell to gaming if it turns out that way.

    It just better be the deathknell for terrible mobile game microtransaction structures and p2w schemes if mobile devices become the new norm…

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    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My hope is the EU and China start to regulate mobile gaming for it to become less like casinos for children.

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      • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Fully agreed with that.

        In fact, such regulations really need to go a lot further and make illegal straight up unnecessary subscriptions, too. If something doesn’t need actively maintained things outside of the actual product for it to function, then it doesn’t ’need’ a subscription model.

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