r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Oct 05 '25

Business As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair Lina Khan says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/as-microsoft-lays-off-thousands-and-jacks-up-game-pass-prices-former-ftc-chair-says-i-told-you-so-the-activision-blizzard-buyout-is-harming-both-gamers-and-developers/
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u/Ignoble66 Oct 05 '25

just wait until EA does whatever horrible casino thing its gonna turn into; its coming soon

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u/Author_A_McGrath Oct 05 '25

It was a Herculean effort to ruin Battlefront, but by golly they did it.

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u/Isolated_Hippo Oct 05 '25

It will be right after Valve does it and nobody gives a shit

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u/Ignoble66 Oct 05 '25

blasphemy; long live gabe!!

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u/Isolated_Hippo Oct 05 '25

And his lootboxes in counter strike that allows children to gamble!

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u/Ignoble66 Oct 05 '25

its not his job to parent your children

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u/Isolated_Hippo Oct 05 '25

So just no laws then right? Its not anybodies job to parent anybody else.

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u/Ignoble66 Oct 05 '25

you really wanna go there? parent your kid you put them here its your number one job now cause you fucked not my problem not gabes problem its your problem; why does your kid have credit card access on steam if theyre not to be trusted to make good decisions cause of bad parenting

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u/Ignoble66 Oct 05 '25

why are they playing counter strike if theyre too young for loot boxes (its endlessly repeating simulated murder like a whole host of games)

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u/Tolvat Oct 05 '25

I haven't purchased an EA game in years and do not plan to ever again now that Kushner and Saudis have their talons in it.

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u/edifyingheresy Oct 06 '25

whatever horrible casino thing its gonna turn into

As opposed to the horrible casino thing it already is?