I think Microsoft as a company is trying to pivot away from game development and instead becoming game publisher. Which all things considered, isn’t a bad thing. WIth improvements to AI, I imagine being a game creator is going to become much easier, so much easier, that AAA game studios just won’t be able to compete.
So being in charge of the marketplace is a good business strategy in that context.
I think Microsoft as a company is trying to pivot away from game development and instead becoming game publisher. Which all things considered, isn’t a bad thing. WIth improvements to AI, I imagine being a game creator is going to become much easier, so much easier, that AAA game studios just won’t be able to compete.
So being in charge of the marketplace is a good business strategy in that context.
I’m so out of the loop with what did Activision do to Blizzard to even be able to judge what Microsoft would do.
Do we have an OutOfTheLoop community anywhere in Lemmy?