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Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources

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Post by deepdriver »

samsin wrote: post #21
iinnPP wrote: post #13

I don't think AGS will be better than EA as a publisher. I can't believe I can say that. Seeing how they handled New World and how they currently handle Lost Ark... For anyone unaware, Lost Ark has a serious bot problem and the answer from AGS is to act in a way where the primary impact is felt by legitimate players. Lost Ark makes RuneScape's history of botting seem minor in comparison.

Is it that unbelievable? EA are a very successful publisher

EA has been increasingly anti-consumer for years, notably through the proliferation of microtransactions, loot box mechanics, “Season Passes”, and half-finished base games with expensive DLC “expansions.” Highly unpopular brand, despite their commercial success.

Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources

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Post by sschueller »

samwillis wrote: post #26

It seems to me that Amazons long term strategy is to become a "Conglomerate of Brands", leveraging the profits from one business unit to buy out unrelated business. This sort of acquisition doesn't, as far as I can see, advance a particular core business unit (I'm aware Amazon have toyed with games publishing, but its not exactly a core business unit). I suppose it makes sense, investors want their investment to be s…

What movie was that where there was only one large company that did everything? Kind of scary that we are almost at that point now.

Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources

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Post by kornhole »

samwillis wrote: post #26

It seems to me that Amazons long term strategy is to become a "Conglomerate of Brands", leveraging the profits from one business unit to buy out unrelated business. This sort of acquisition doesn't, as far as I can see, advance a particular core business unit (I'm aware Amazon have toyed with games publishing, but its not exactly a core business unit). I suppose it makes sense, investors want their investment to be s…

Data may be their core business.

Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources

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Post by weberer »

paganel wrote: post #34
choko wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would it not pass? There's not a shortage of competition in the gaming sector.

I don't think it's only about the gaming sector per se, it's about not allowing an already big behemoth (Amazon, in this case) to get even bigger.

There's no law on the books against that, so you'd have to get congress to write one first.

Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources

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Post by robertlagrant »

reustle wrote: post #17

Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.

"Need"?

Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources

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Post by WhyNotHugo »

reustle wrote: post #17

Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.

If regulators that controlled anti-competitive behaviours existed, they'd forbid such acquisition.

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Post by InsomniacL »

1, Amazon runs the platform that sells the games - Amazon

2, Amazon runs the platform that people use while playing the games - Twitch

3, Amazon runs the platform that hosts the servers to play the games - AWS

4, Amazon runs the platform that you play the game on - Luna

5, Amazon runs the platform that creates the games - EA

how is this not anti-competition for anyone running a company that competes in only one of these fields..

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Post by choeger »

alberth wrote: post #27
reustle wrote: post #17

Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.

> put an upper cap on the size of companies How would you measure “size”? EDIT: What do you mean by "cap" then? Would you force the company to be broken apart into smaller independent companies if it exceeded whatever cap is defined?

Simple. Revenue. Tax a company's revenue progressively. (Of course it's complicated to implement this with companies owning companies, but you get the gist.)

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Post by tmikaeld »

reustle wrote: post #17

Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.

Amazon is still tiny compared to the enormous size and width of Samsung, that spans, Electronics, Electro-Mechanics, SDI, SDS, Engineering C&T, Heavy Industries, Life Insurance, Fire & Marine Insurance and more..

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Post by [deleted] »

samwillis wrote: post #26

It seems to me that Amazons long term strategy is to become a "Conglomerate of Brands", leveraging the profits from one business unit to buy out unrelated business. This sort of acquisition doesn't, as far as I can see, advance a particular core business unit (I'm aware Amazon have toyed with games publishing, but its not exactly a core business unit). I suppose it makes sense, investors want their investment to be s…

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