[collinc777]

Is this hyper-competitive or anti-competetive?

The objective of business is to win, but if a business is too dominant, then they have the ability to extort customers.

I don't see how customer extortion is born out of this. It's fair and in the spirit of a healthy ecosystem.

[madeofpalk]

I think Microsoft’s reason for why they feel they need this is exactly the reason why this is bad.

Shouldn’t Microsoft build a compelling cloud gaming service that both customers want to pay for, and publishers want to publish on? Microsoft should build good gaming hardware and services, and people buy them based on the merits of those products rather than acquiring companies just to prop up their efforts and otherwise restrict consumers.

[collinc777]

Microsoft is getting their butts kicked on exclusives from Sony. Nothing wrong with them buying their way to better exclusives

[madeofpalk]

I think we shouldn't have exlcusives! I think they're inherently anti-consumer, and eventually anti-developer also!

[stale2002]

> just to prop up their efforts and otherwise restrict consumers.

Consumers aren't being restricted.

Quite the opposite, Microsoft purchasing this IP is causes them to release those games on more platforms. All activision games with be on Gamepass, steam, as well consoles when that wasn't automatically the case before.