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.