Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?
Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?

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So, Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard. How will this affect the rest of the industry?

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I only wonder if this means less games on the steam deck. They might publish to steam, but make it as hard as possible to run in proton/wine.
Lately Microsoft has been friendly with Linux. They even released a guide in their website on how to install Linux alongside Windows. If anyone is guilty of actively trying to fight against Linux is Epic. For now, at least.
Until Microsoft opensources Windows, I won't trust them. Maybe not even then. The most dangerous thing they could do is become a linux distro, actually. Make a bunch of proprietary linux kernel modules required to run "Winux"-only applications and any distro unwilling to have proprietary kernel blobs will be killed.
Microsoft is known for Embrace Extend Extinguish. Their greatest feat would be killing linux.