Adam Conover Points Out Potential Downsides of Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard in Viral Video
FormerAdam Ruins Everything host Adam Conover thinks he's figured out the real problem with Microsoft owning Activision Blizzard. While most people have been focused on Xbox owning the Call of Duty developer eventually pulling the franchise off of PlayStation, Conover thinks there's a much bigger problem that could shake the entire video game industry.
The show Adam Ruins Everything might have been canceled, but it appears that Adam Conover is still doing what he used to do on TruTV. Mainly he's taking a deep dive into different industries and telling stories and figuring out mysteries that other people might be overlooking. When it comes to Microsoft and its purchasing of Activision Blizzard, he thinks this isn't just about having the ability to offer even more titles on its own platform. In short, Conover thinks that while some people are comparing the company to the Netflix of gaming, he thinks the firm has its heart set on becoming the Amazon of gaming instead.
Xbox Game Pass Is Set To Receive A Host Of Activision Blizzard Games
On his personal TikTok account, Conover explained that the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft could hurt competition, but it could hurt competition far more than people have realized so far. He believes that Xbox could use its Game Pass platform to basically cripple the rest of the video game world by offering its service for $9.99 a month while everyone else has to continue asking for $60 or $70 per copy.
He explained that Microsoft can continue to use Game Pass and its ever-growing subscriber base as a way to undercut Sony and Nintendo, mainly because the company never has to make money off the platform. While Sony and Nintendo need their video game divisions to make money, Microsoft
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