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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Game plan:

  1. Buy as many game-makers at exorbitant prices to monopolise the industry.
  2. Dissolve the game-makers immediately, when they do not perform to absurd sales targets.
  3. ???
  4. Profit.
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They looked at EA and copied their homework

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Microsoft wants to be bought by Saudi Arabia?

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hire and fire. Sadly more common all across the economy. All thanks to Jack Welch and his fixture on shareholder value.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Hire a bunch of people to create the illusion of growth. Fire a bunch of people to create the illusion of ruthless efficiency. Rinse and repeat.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The profit part is when you crash the industry and all the smaller studios go out of business... you can weather the collapse and they can't.

Then nobody has a choice but to deal with you, consumers and developers both.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

after the last few years where this trend is so clear, it really makes me question the people who are selling out to the big corps when they know it's just going to fuck the company and employees

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Every company owner has their price.