Dasnap@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next weekwww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down18
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minus-squarePohl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·1 year agoTrust = one or more independent organizations making secret agreements to mutual benefit. Mergers: not a trust. Monopoly = a single organization that controls an overwhelming amount of the market. Microsoft buying a publisher that put out 2 games in 2023: not a monopoly.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoHow many times do they have to buy that 2 game publisher before they reach a monopoly?
minus-squarePhen@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoHow many of the last 10 games you bought were from Microsoft?
Trust = one or more independent organizations making secret agreements to mutual benefit.
Mergers: not a trust.
Monopoly = a single organization that controls an overwhelming amount of the market.
Microsoft buying a publisher that put out 2 games in 2023: not a monopoly.
How many times do they have to buy that 2 game publisher before they reach a monopoly?
How many of the last 10 games you bought were from Microsoft?