i think there's a point in industry consolidation where the major players are no longer playing for keeps against each other, right? Like verison and comcast aren't trying to kill each other. And so i am less convinced that microsoft is doing this too, like take dead aim on sony and try and, like, once and for all, win the consul war. In fact, those boxes in general, the physical consuls themselves, might be less and less important. This is why x box increasingly becoming a brand apart from the physical consul. The greatest potential for untapped growth is probably streaming,. You just reduce that barrier to entry to get people paying subscription fees for
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.
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