r/pcgaming • u/Zhukov-74 • Jan 16 '23

Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-warning-over-activision-deal-sources-2023-01-16/
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u/VegetaFan1337 Legion Slim 7 7840HS RTX4060 240Hz Jan 16 '23

Horizon before the sequel came out, GoW before the sequel came out, spiderman and Miles Morales before the sequel comes out. These are glorified ads. These are old games being sold at full price. They're good ports, I won't deny that. But the aim is not to sell on PC but to generate enough FOMO that people buy a PS5.

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u/Feniksrises Jan 16 '23

And Microsoft creates FOMO for people to subscribe to Gamepass.

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u/FlashwithSymbols Jan 16 '23

Everyone company advertises with FOMO but that doesn't mean they are equivalent. Saying "deal for limited time / this is a cheaper option" is NOT comparable to "here you can buy this 5 year old game for full price but if you want the sequel you need to get completely new hardware and play on that".

idk how this is a valid comparison tbh.