Comment on There's never been an easier time to boycott Microsoft, the most boring video game publisher in the business

trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You dont have to compete if you own the industry. That has been the Microsoft MO for decades.

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  • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That would be true if their studios released games. They almost never do. They're a video game company with no games.

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    • just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They release games. Just shitty games and slowly. Doesn’t matter if they can minimize your options. If they control 50% of the market, it stops mattering if their games suck because the options are limited and they can control so much.

      And I know there will always be indie devs, but the majority of gamers will buy whatever is marketed most heavily. It makes everything worse for everyone, but Microsoft doesn’t have to work as hard to be competitive.

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      • tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There’s always the option of not playing games and doing something else. They’re competing with every form of pastime out there, and need to be good enough to make their product worthwhile.

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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You might want to look at their output compared to the other publishers before saying that.

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