UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agoSo, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkSo, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?www.gamesindustry.bizUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square74fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresoulsource@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIf you want to know how Games Streaming will look like in 10 years, compare today’s YouTube to how it was 10 years ago.
minus-squareamki@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe 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?)
minus-squaresoulsource@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOkay, 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.
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.
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?)
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: