Rob Zackney: When i was most excited about games, and where it was like the greatest sense of discovery, and like evolution year to year, it's probably the 19 nineties. With greater consolidation, you will see even fewer offerings in that space, because why compete with one another? Why build products that compete with yourself? Rob zackney: I'm not saying that game streaming is inherently bad. Lot of these innovations are really cool ideas. It is the fact that every advancement immediately gets monopolized by the same three or four players that makes all of it kind of turn to ash.
Paris Marx is joined by Rob Zacny to discuss the potential consequences of Xbox’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and what subscriptions and consolidation might mean for the future of games and the industry.
Rob Zacny is a senior editor at Waypoint and co-host of Waypoint Radio. Follow Rob on Twitter at @RobZacny.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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