So, adjusting for inflation minimum wage in 1996 was also much higher than it is today so customers had more purchasing power, and the market for video games was a fraction the size of what it is today with much fewer paths of revenue (dlc, microtransactions, marketing deals, etc.). You’re crying foul of people…

Read all the books and cite all the economic “rules” you want, nobody cares what a thing “should have” cost if it had been adjusted for inflation all along. It wasn’t, and we just care what it cost now compared to a year ago.

The “reality” is all economic “rules” are completely made up and selectively “enforced.”

Now,…

That’s a bummer that they couldn’t stick to the traditional pronunciation, especially when the original language and culture already has a tough time with preservation.

If you understand capitalism, then you understand this is exactly in line with capitalist dogma, especially for the wealthy — sharing the wealth means that other people should share their wealth. Not ‘you.’ You’re a special flower, and you earned your wealth with all your ‘hard work’ exploiting and abusing employees...…

So is real that you guys in USA don’t have free healthcare? do you guys really have to pay to see a doctor?, it feels unreal to me, I have seen people comment it on the internet, but the idea is too weird to me.

It truly is such a shame that running a business that is able to cover the cost of the business operating indefinitely is considered a failure in our current business world.

It’s not slimy language. It’s just what it’s called in Europe. And the “consultation process” is required by law and involves negotiations before any layoffs are finalized. Please stop knee-jerkattacking things you don’t understand.

No they’re not. If one company controls a quarter of the industry it makes it a LOT harder for smaller companies to compete or for unions to negotiate because then management can just say “where else are you going to go?”

You bought all the spin. 

Nintendo and Sony aren’t consumer friendly. They’re also much smaller companies and they actually built their “indie” studios from scratch long before those companies had any market share or had even published their first games.

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…

“I fail to see how this hurts the industry”

You fail to see how making one single company own the biggest publisher in the entire world, is bad. And then you wax poetic about something about unions.

Heres a tip: It hurts the industry because consolidation of power is bad. Everyone is “ legally prohibited from engaging…

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”

And just for clarity, if that expose comes out, with actual known big wig devs attached explaining the difficulties, I will be happy to be corrected.

“No one anywhere cares what you think about anything.”

A great story for labor day: working class people building community and standing in solidarity. For sure, life isn’t a movie, but it is poetic that the powerful sow the seeds of their own destruction by their inability to restrain their greed. I mean, it’s only comfort that keeps the average person from organizing…

They lost NOTHING. There was a chance they might be handed some more money. They didn’t get it. Oh well. That’s a net change of zero dollars.

The entire article is a bunch of horseshit. The fact that someone was paid to write this is shameful.

Geez your Red Deer is showing, you got this article because your Canadian but your  bias against Trudeau is seeped in this breakdown of a marriage rant. I’m surprised you didn’t mention “Freedom convoy” and “f@*k Trudeau” flag waving.