Do tell: in which market is Microsoft a monopoly? With concrete numbers, if you can.

The deal doesn’t say it’ll come to Switch. It just says Nintendo consoles.

The deal didn’t specify that Call of Duty would come to Switch, just “Nintendo Consoles”. Given the switch is coming up on 7 years into its lifecycle, it’s a safe bet they’ll have a newer system with 4k guts in the not too distant future.

It IS. Has been since 1934. But hey, that doesn’t stoke the fires of hate and “righteous” rage in quite the same way as “It’s only about the money!”, does it?

Ding, ding, ding! Exactly...wrong.

They legally have to announce acquisitions publicly. It’s been that way for 90 years.

In general, competition doesn’t care a great deal until someone taking a risk proves there’s money to be made—then the wallets unfurl and the would-be’s get on board.

The problem with claims of “consolidation” is that the fundamental premise rests on the idea that there are only—and will ever be only—a static number of players in the games industry, with no new entrants ever to come.

You mean Microsoft’s history as in, things that management in charge DECADES ago? Management who is no longer in charge? Or even with the company at all?

Let’s be honest: fanboys are never, ever reasonable, logical people.

That’s just as dumb as “All government is bad!”

HAHAHAHA. We haven’t had capitalism in a long, long time, kiddo.

Nintendo isn’t bad. Sony is, yes, but not Nintendo :P

Actually, the opposite is true. If this deal gets blocked, there will be no competition for Sony and they will continue to dominate the console market for the foreseeable future. They already hold a sizable lead, they already engage in shady practices to keep games off other platforms, and they already overcharge for…

Oh give it a rest, dude. This is VIDEO GAMES, not the fucking water supply.

I 100% agree. It provides minimal handholding, giving you just the essentials to play with, and allows you to explore.

There’s morning disgraceful about hiring outside the US at another country's rates. It helps them, by providing needed jobs that likely pay better than what they have already, and it keeps costs down, which benefits shareholders, local employees and customers. 

$15 per hour isn't minimum wage. It's more than double minimum wage. 

It’s perfectly fair. In some places, $15 an hour is unimaginable wealth. In others it’s not even enough to scrape by.

This is terrible nonsense. Not all jobs are worth high wages. End of story.