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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days 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.
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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 1 day 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 1 day ago

Every company owner has their price.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They looked at EA and copied their homework

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Microsoft wants to be bought by Saudi Arabia?

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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.