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.
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.
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.
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.
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.