Microsoft isn't sure we'll have consoles as we know them in 10 years
President Brad Smith says "who knows" where the industry will be in ꦜa decade

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft president Brad Smith is as unsure as an✃yone when it comes to predicting what console gaming mඣight look like in 10 years.
In a press conference related to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft's Activision buyout, Smith was asked whether any potential deals securing Call of Duty on other platforms for 10 years might ultimately be renewed. Smith gave a sensible, albeit unsatisfying, response explaining why it's impossible to answer🤪 a question like that given the ever-changing la♊ndscape of console gaming technology - not to mention internal business structures. "There may be someone else standing here in 2033," Smith admitted.
"Now, none of us can actually predict what exactly will be the form factor that is most prevalent in gaming a decade from now. Will consoles still play the role that they play, whether it be phones, it all be in some Metave𒐪rse something or other. Who knows."
Specifically, Smith is referring to two newly announced deals: one that puts 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Call of Duty on Nintendo consไoles for 10 years, and another that bring all of Microsoft's games to Xbox Game Pass competitor GeForce Now, also for 10 years. And yet, even with these massive commitments, it remains very unclear whether regulators will approve the deal. A💙n ongoing lawsuit from the US Federal Tradeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Commission alleges the deal would "enable Microsoft to suppress competitors," and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:UK regulator have similar concerns.
In its defense, Microsoft has repea𝐆tedly cited Sony's dominatin🐷g performance in the video game market. Today, Sm💖ith said, "we understand in some ways it ca🌊n be tempting when you have an 80% share [to hope you can] hold on as long as possible," asserting, "I don't think that's what regulators are in the business of doing."
If successful, Microsoft's Activision buyout will easily top the list of the most expensive video game acquisitions ever.
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