The Collapse of the Video Game Industry | The Deep Dive

Today we are gonna talk about the recent high profile acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft and their subsequent ownership of some of the most popular franchises in gaming. This all follows the larger trend of industry consolidation into the hand of a few players, all to make more money but also to churn out more low quality life service content that does not really resonate with passionate gamers.
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[@8aliens]

1:02 you mean Activision Blizzard & ZeniMax Media. Fallout and the Elder scrolls were made by Bethesda Softworks (ZeniMax Media owned), then Microsoft purchased. Activision had nothing to do with Fallout or the Elder scrolls.

[@wadeepperson6906]

It would be nice to see more console quality or pc level games on phones. Especially the high end phones. Only a few games that push the hardware at all is far and few between.

[@tvrift]

Perfectly said, I hope this video was not AI generated.

[@RouvenB]

Can I please have my GTA for XBox 360 back 😂

[@freiheit8573]

Disney is dead, shopping is dead, well and now gaming is dead. The content will NOT be personalised after your wishes, it will be optimized in such a way that you are educated about who is good and whos bad, "equality", gender, and the newest trends to throw your money on.

[@h.barkas1571]

Stopped watching when you attributed Fallout and Elder Scrolls to Activision.

[@Kelvin-JRT]

No Wonder The World Is The Way

[@claucmgpcstuf5103]

tolty yea big fails evra ..

[@roberttonner354]

You bought the wrong consoles if you love single player games