Last week x box announced that it was acquiring activision blizzard for 68 point seven billion dollars. This is a major gaming company and consol maker acquiring one of the biggest third party game publishers in the industry. If this acquisition goes through, what it's going to mean for the future of the games industry as it becomes more dependent on a subscription based model. What does a victory for game pastd microsopt look like?
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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