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

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Post by last_responder »

InsomniacL wrote: post #47

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 th…

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

"The Games" - No. Some games yes. The people I game with pretty much despise EA and look at them as the company that buys up smaller studios and destroys the culture.

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Post by psyc »

z3phyr wrote: post #103

There is a tremendous amount of human talent in the video game industry that usually does not bleed into the general tech industry or film industry. I wonder how well such talent is compensated by the incoming tech giants..

Isn’t this approximately equal to what level the bigco will agree to bring them in at? Which in my experience they usually have their thumb on your head.

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

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…

They tried their own hand at making video games, leading to New World [0] and I believe a few other titles in the works. Limited success, and some massive technical flaws like allowing HTML in comments leading to remote code execution vulnerabilities. But also weird decisions, like simulating all the motions and physics of an axe hitting a tree server-side; that's just silly, all you need is a random success or failure coin flip. You can then do whatever you want with physics and such client-side.

[0] https://www.newworld.com/en-us

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

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

Dudeman112 wrote: post #106
1over137 wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>current antitrust atmosphere What current antitrust atmosphere? What was the last trust busted?

I think they are referring to the population at large being aware of it instead of actual actions taken Like with the mainstream media and the fact that no one has put the Murdochs in a rocket to Mars

Also probably the addition of Lina Khan to the FTC who has a more aggressive stance on antitrust than regulators in previous years. See their recent filing against Meta's acquisition of a VR fitness co

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/technology/ftc-lina-khan-...

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

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Post by dktp »

InsomniacL wrote: post #47

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 th…

None of these are monopolies. Twitch and AWS are biggest players in their fields, but both have healthy competition

I think it would be way easier to make a case that Microsoft shouldn't be able to buy Activision. It seems like major gaming studios are slowly getting acquired by either Tencent or Microsoft

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

shultays wrote: post #58
InsomniacL wrote: post #47

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 th…

Other than Twitch (and maybe AWS, I don't know enough), none of those are monopoly or capable of anti-competition. Even twitch has youtube as alternative

And Twitch can be replaced / surpassed. Its technology is nothing new, right now it mainly has critical mass due to the amount of people using it.

It only takes one mistake for them to lose a lot of that engagement.

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Post by ssizn »

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.

What PC games do not have serious botting or cheating problems? We need better kernel mode attestation systems.

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

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Post by ChildOfChaos »

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…

I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon are looking into the longer term Game subscription service, they already have a service for streaming called Luna similar to Stadia.

Stadia is fantastic but it lacks games.

A subscription service that streams games + allows access to it on dedicated gaming hardware such as a console/gaming PC is likely the market amazon wants to attack here.

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