The deal is done. Activision Blizzard is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft after two years of regulatory inves…
  • amki@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    The interface gets a little better and that's it basically? (Alternatively: They try to spin a social medium around it and fail somewhat and succeed somewhat?)

    • soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Okay, Youtube was maybe a bad example. They aren't that far with the enshittification yet, and just started increasing the amounts of ads…

      Things I do expect:

      • Price increase
      • Tiered pricing (okay, that's already a thing for GamePass with the "PC" and "Ultimate" plan)
      • Lower price tiers including advertisements (could for instance be placed in games streamed from the cloud)
      • Other things that aren't beneficial for consumers.