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That’s by design. Force your opposition to sell, bankrupt them and write off the loses. Shrink the industry and force players to sign up for your subscription services.
I’m not a fan, but it’s hard to see this wasn’t their plan from the get go
It seems weird for a platform holder to do this.
They also now own all of the IP those studios created.
Sure, but what good is an IP if you can’t generate new products to attract and keep users?
What really gets me, and this touches on your comment, is that the execs said that they need to have the teams make what they specialize in. And then they turn around and force all the studios to make games that not at all anything they've ever made before.