I dunno, I feel like Kotaku has done stuff like this with similar court cases or even leaks - remember all the interesting revelations we got from the big Nintendo leak a few years back - so this feels the same as that. I do think that a lot of these companies are notoriously private so whenever we can get some…

Okay, but in my own experience, the vast majority of people have been thrilled at the introduction of online-only options.

My immediate question was “better than what?” but when I read the actual source and this is not at all what he’s saying.

I guess. I just have seen the shift from physical to digital happen in so many areas beyond gaming, so the idea that game platform holders are somehow driving that within their own segment rather than mostly just riding the wave doesn’t really stick for me.

Oh sure. Lots could change by then. For all we know, five years from now Microsoft might not be doing consoles anymore and is just doing Game Pass and streaming.

Bungie?!?

I’m paranoid that they’re gonna go for Capcom soon and I really don’t want to see Sega or Capcom (or Square Enix, as I’m also paranoid that’s on Sony’s list) were to go single-platform.

I mean I’m all for banning TERFs but this isn’t really what I was thinking.

I mean, whatever, it’s fine, but I dunno, folks; I think this one is a bit of a stretch.

Minish Cap is a perfect example of a game that knows exactly what it’s trying to do, does not exceed its scope, and knows not to overstay its welcome. Honestly, at times I think it’s up there with Link to the Past in terms of 2D Zeldas. It’s fun to play, super charming, and easy to play through.

I played this game a bit at launch but I only ever played it regularly during the early days of the pandemic. In the evening I’d log off my computer and go for a walk and just randomly catch pokemon while I walked. I never got into the raids or even battling but it was a nice way to turn off my brain at the end of a…

Yeah I mean I barely play it anymore but in the suburb I live there was still plenty of stuff for me to find so I could just play it while I was on an evening walk or whatever. Whereas my cousin visited his parents in a rural farming town with fewer than 700 people and I’m pretty sure he claimed a gym for over a year…

I forget if it was here or somewhere else but I saw somebody mention that you get the Travel Medallions very early in the game I was so confused why I still didn’t have access to them.

I mean, yes, but also if you’re looking into acquisitions explicitly as a way to drive up your revenue, these are things that should be considered.

Ah, Kinja. Y’gotta love it.

Yeah I’m wondering if they just moved their own goalposts and decided they could keep it running with a smaller playerbase.

Maybe, but I don’t think anybody would be surprised if Elder Scrolls VI turned out to be exclusive.

I mean, I do think that Microsoft needs more/better exclusives but I’d rather see them build them internally than taking existing franchises and potentially taking them away from competing platforms. (Let’s be clear, outside of Call of Duty, Microsoft seems perfectly open to taking other franchises and making them…

...I mean, the acquisition would give Microsoft a lot of very valuable IP: Call of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo, Tony Hawk, Candy Crush, Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, Overwatch.

Because none of those are interesting details about how a massive platform holder runs their business that happened to be revealed as a result of this trial.