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thehatfox@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator

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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator

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thehatfox@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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This is the final regulatory hurdle for the $69 billion deal.
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    They need more games for their pass.

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      But do they need the games to be good? Activions sucks balls, but why would microsoft make the games good again and remove all the shit with microtransactions etc.?

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        If the games are good and non-exploitative it would in theory drive up Game Pass subscriptions.

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