A few major companies are able to stake out the space, and a few of the tet companies that are using their money from highly profitable industries. I don't know that microsopt is on track here for effectively a monopoly in the space. i think it is more likely that it ends up being carved up by a couple of incumbents. But i am actually less convinced that we would see even the diversity of what you see in in the streaming t v space, around everyone having their own streaming platform.
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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