Games Inbox: Sony and Nintendo merger, Dying Light 2 Metacritic, and Zenith: The Last City praise

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Combiner wars Unless the state intervenes to put a stop to it, we will undoubtedly see more and more companies absorbed by the industry behemoths. But nothing is certain in this world and even giants can fall. How this plays out in the long term will be fascinating but undoubtedly, if unregulated, to the detriment of gamers and those who work in the video game industry.

But it has gotten me thinking about the relationship between Sony and Nintendo, both of whom are dwarfed by Microsoft, and a fantasy/nightmare scenario that at some point due to competitive pressures the two companies merge.

There are no doubt many reasons for why, at least for the time being, this will not happen, not least the different corporate cultures, histories, product ranges, strategic focus, and so forth. But it is interesting to think of the ramifications for the video game industry were the two combine their resources and how it would play out in respect to their rival, Microsoft.

Their combined IP, for example, would place them at a huge advantage, affording an unparalleled range, quality, and quantity of exclusive content for their own version of Game Pass that even with further acquisitions Microsoft would struggle to compete with.Ciara

No prisoners I am confused. Bungie were bought by Microsoft years ago, then after Halo Reach was finished they were released back into the wild. Now Sony have come along and bought them again.

What I really want to know is, how did they manage to gain independence from Microsoft in the first place? Did