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This might be old news, but as the focus has been on COD, this is the first I'm hearing of the 10 year agreement being more than COD

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

These 10 year agreements are such bullshit. So Microsoft just has to wait 10 years to then perform monopolostic actions using their aquisition of Activision instead of doing them now? I don't think Microsoft cares that much, so they're willing to make these deals to appease the regulators.

[–] 098qwelkjzxc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's so disgusting. Why is nobody calling out these stupid deals? I mean if we could really trust Microsoft with one of the biggest VG publishers in the world they wouldn't need to write contracts basically saying "we'ww be good, we pwomise!!!"

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My guess is desensitization. Every company is buying each other, and antitrust enforcement hasn't been a thing since FDR.

Neoliberal economics at its finest. Thanks, Reagan.

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