Pretty much. Valve's closest competitors on the PC side are Microsoft (Gamepass) and Epic games store. Valve does have a monopoly but, the last time I've checked Microsoft have got waaaay more acquisitions than the other 2. So, IF they were to purchase Valve just imagine how big their monopoly would be.

When I first saw the Switch I always thought it would be very successful. Maybe not Wii success but successful nonetheless. The Switch is what the Wii U should have been.

As for the upcoming so called "Switch 2". If it's just a more powerful Switch then, I'm confident that it won't be as successful as it's predecessor. It has to have something that sets itself a part from other systems. Maybe a gimmick to attract the causals and, still not alienate the Core gamers.

Agreed.

I hope this is not true. The last time I've checked, Valve are doing very well and offer the best service for PC gamers. I'm envisioning Microsoft f-ing that up if they were to own them. Competition is a good thing and no-one in their right mind wants any company to have a massive monopoly on any industry.

AND this is why I was always sceptic when Microsoft made a multitude of purchases. Me as well as others, feel like Microsoft wants a monopoly over the games industry and, want to be more of a service (Game pass) than a Home console manufacture.

Me too.

I was for most part thinking the same thing.

For most part, I agree.

@R4gn4r0k said:

@kvallyx said:

RIP Xbox. Cow for life!

Microsoft has now touched my two favourite studios: Ensemble and Arkane.

Can't believe they were eying Valve and Nintendo as well, probably wanna close those too.

Exactly. LMFAO.

Speaking on the Giant Bombcast, journalist Jeff Grubb spoke about the game in the wake of the closure of several Xbox studios on Tuesday.

“The fallout from this is, I’ve been hearing more and more, that Perfect Dark is in a rough state, sounds like it’s in a very rough state.

“It doesn’t sound like it’s really come together in any way.”

VG247 journalist Alex Donaldson echoed this, describing it as “a team really trying hard to push a boulder up a steep hill.”

Video game historian Liam Robertson said, “From what little I have heard about the development of the new Perfect Dark, it sounds like a future video in the making. Just a big, protracted mess.”

In June 2023, IGN reported that the reboot was “in the earliest stages” of development and was likely still 2-3 years away from release.

While the project was announced in 2020, nothing has been shown of it since following years of reported setbacks that have stalled development.

These anllegedly include a fraught co-development partnership with Certain Affinity, which worked on the game between 2019 and 2021, and high attrition at The Initiative.

VGC reported in March 2022 that the Xbox studio had seen a “fast and furious” wave of senior departures over the previous year.

Microsoft told staff on Tuesday that it was shutting four studios.

Arkane, Tango, Alpha Dog and Roundhouse Games will all be closing down, with some staff joining other teams, according to a memo sent to staff.

Ouch, if true. I remember playing the first game. I thought it was great and then there was the second...

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