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Xbox Is Not Your Friend (www.kotaku.com.au)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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After laying off almost 2,000 people, Xbox finds itself in a position at odds with the community-first image it has cultivated for itself.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would you ever think any company is "on your side"? They're on their own side. If they make products you like and operate in a way you like, I recommend supporting them, but that still doesn't mean they're "on your side."

Promote products, not companies. A company can change overnight, whereas a product that you own won't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would you ever think any company is “on your side”?

ABK employees, apparently. See this from almost exactly one year ago: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/01/activision-blizzard-employees-react-to-xbox-acquisition/

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Idk, that doesn't mean MS is "on their side," just not as bad as Activision Blizzard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

just not as bad as Activision Blizzard.

2000 people may disagree.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure? Would those 2000 people apply at Activision Blizzard if MS hadn't bought them? If they had the same offer in hand to work at Xbox vs Activision Blizzard, which would they choose?

I'm guessing they still prefer Xbox, though they're probably not happy about being laid-off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Are you sure?

No. That's why I used the word "may". Look it up.