I can see how it could be viewed as pro-competition within the very specific category of the console market… Playstation’s install base is over double Xbox, so Playstation doesn’t really have effective competition and can kind of direct the market or obtain exclusives with the influence of its user base. Sort of how like Walmart doesn’t really have to force exclusivity or pricing per se, they are so big that product vendors can be successful with only Walmart as a customer. They do also force it, like Sony/MS/etc., but for a lot of stuff they don’t have too.
Microsoft is also big in other tech/gaming markets though, which complicates the conversation.
I could not understand how some supposedly left-wing people would bend themselves to support this acquisition.
Its anti-competition, its MS flexing their financial muscle to bully other players, its just bad for the gaming industry.
Did people forget IE vs Netscape and what happened to IE after it eliminated competition?
I can see how it could be viewed as pro-competition within the very specific category of the console market… Playstation’s install base is over double Xbox, so Playstation doesn’t really have effective competition and can kind of direct the market or obtain exclusives with the influence of its user base. Sort of how like Walmart doesn’t really have to force exclusivity or pricing per se, they are so big that product vendors can be successful with only Walmart as a customer. They do also force it, like Sony/MS/etc., but for a lot of stuff they don’t have too.
Microsoft is also big in other tech/gaming markets though, which complicates the conversation.