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  • Like I already said earlier, it would be better if no company was allowed to pay games publishers to block out publishing on their competitor consoles but Sony have already been using this dirty tactic for years.

    MS said they are buying Activision Blizzard so Sony cannot block games from being released on their platform once again.

    So to directly answer your question it is “ok” because it is a defence strategy to prevent Sony blocking them out of games. It is no worse than what Sony already do and at this point if they don’t use strategies like this then their platform risks fading into obscurity leaving Sony with a monopoly which is bad for consumers.




  • News about the merger being approved was being discussed on Beehaw and everyone was dogpiling on Microsoft saying they’re the devil for buying Activision Blizzard.

    When I pointed out that Sony are also not innocent, as they regularly pay publishers to block release of games on Xbox, my comment was deleted.

    At this stage Xbox is the underdog when compared to PlayStation and need a deal like this to not fall out of the market which would be a bad thing for everyone because it would mean less competition.

    Of course it would be much better if no company was allowed to make exclusivity deals with publishers.