• MurrayL@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      What monopoly? Xbox holds the smallest share of the console market.

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        2 months ago

        Ah, carry on then. The highest valued company who just bought the biggest third party publisher isn’t anything to worry about because their Xbox is doing somewhat poorly.

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        2 months ago

        They’re the 3rd largest video game company and the current highest valued company (by market cap, so yeah not a perfect metric) in the world.

        They became that big of a video game company by using their ridiculous amount of money to buy up a bunch of other game companies, reducing the competition but hoarding the IP. While they might not be the “only” company in town I think it is safe to say that they’re doing the most buying and consolidating