The deal is done. Activision Blizzard is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft after two years of regulatory inves…
  • soulsource
    3·
    1 year ago

    If you want to know how Games Streaming will look like in 10 years, compare today’s YouTube to how it was 10 years ago.

    • amki@feddit.de
      1·
      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
        1·
        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.