This is a net-negative for the industry. Microsoft isn’t historically a good steward of the things they buy. They are the console manufacturer with the least goodwill toward gamers as a whole.

That’s not even considering the shit they got slapped for in the 2000s re: antitrust.  Fuck Microsoft.

It’s also not true, Microsoft sure as hell ain’t friendly towards competition or the consumer. And blizzard being a hellscape to work on does put ms in a nicer light, until you remember that they saw all that controversy as a chance to aquire them. Also they have done nothing to remove Kotick from power so why would an…

He didn’t live through the late 90s and early 2000's with Microsoft trying to get rid of every competitor they had and being the only game in town. He should ask WordPerfect and Novell how friendly Microsoft is.

“microsoft is one of the most consumer/union friendly companies”

this sucks

This is gonna be disastrous for the entire games industry. There is no way one of the biggest companies buying out another of the biggest companies will be a net positive, it’s going to quickly turn anti-competitive and anti-consumer. But because Microsoft knows exactly what to say and what small concessions to make,…

Huh. I’d love them to buy Nintendo. Nintendo is really shitty to its fans and won’t release any of their titles outside their platform, so it really can’t get any worse.

I would hate for them to buy Nintendo. First of all, "their success lies off their hardware" means they would kill the Switch and move things onto Xbox. Second of all, no I can't argue this anymore it's just too awful to consider 

Holy shit, just when I thought I couldn’t dislike Phil Spencer any more.

Dude’s idea of success is ‘buy all the competition’ rather than, you know, actually investing in his own developers to make better games.  Sure buddy, try to buy the company that has consistently trounced the shit out of you in console sales…

It depends on the player. Not everyone is or wants to be a PC gamer. I don’t know the specs of my PC, and I don’t care to know them. I also spend most of my day at a desk in front of a computer. When I game I want to sit on my couch with my feet up in front of my large TV. Yes, I know I could connect a PC to my TV,…

People are surprised partially because when working with antitrust regulators in Europe while buying Bethesda, Microsoft told them they had no economic incentive to make it exclusive. So while they didn’t technically lie, they definitely misled authorities at the time.

It won’t follow in Skyrim’s footsteps because Bethesda wasn’t owned by MS when Skyrim was released. Bethesda’s future games will all be MS-exclusive (except maybe for live service MP games should Bethesda ever make them).

Kicking nazis out of your club doesn’t mean you’re thin skinned. It means you don’t want to be part of a nazi club.

“I’m mad I can’t be a bigot!”

It’s always been “rules for thee and not for me” and about protecting their privilege while harming everyone else. That’s conservatism 101, and one of the building blocks towards fascism. 

That’s the mentality, as it’s always been. They’re not interested in anyone else but themselves. The only chud principle is narcissism. It’s like when Lauren Boebert annoys every other paying customer around her by, among other things, vaping in a theater, and its all about her rights somehow. 

Imagine being so fucking thin skinned that optional pronouns bother you enough to download a fucking mod. These are the same chodes that will, unironically, call everyone else snowflakes for shit. Fuck these children, and good on Nexus for not hosting such a childish, dumb fucking mod. 

Nazi’s typically want to remove things they don’t like/agree with.

Yeah, it’s a real weird thing to mod out. Are some people really so insecure that they can’t even stand the existence of the option?

Imagine being such an asshole that you need to a mod to remove a choice for you and only you that you weren’t going to make anyway just to make yourself feel better.