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Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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In the latest unredacted document oopsie stemming from the US Federal Trade Commission's efforts to stop Microsoft acqu…

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[+] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Microsoft would make the company a lot more retail friendly.

End Nintendos fake scarcity selling tactics.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Forget fake scarcity, the REAL scarcity of pre-acquisition Nintendo games and consoles would skyrocket. Microsoft is only consumer-friendly now because they're still in the phase of acquiring a critical mass of content and users. Once they have both, and everything is on Game Pass, they'll jack up the price as high as they want knowing you'd lose access to all your games if you don't pay.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Yup, there's a reason I don't consider getting GamePass or any other subscription service.

[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nintendo has an incredible brand for easy child friendly and safe gaming experiences. It‘a products are about as retail friendly as you can possibly get. It’s trustworthy. You just buy them off the shelf and slot the cartridges into the unit.

Microsoft is famous for anti-consumer practices, poor UI design, expensive licensing, abandoning products like their Phone, Zune.