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Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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Not directly linux gaming, but still think that its kind of relevant and interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gamepass has proven there's a cake in the oven, and big tech wants all the slices.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol. I always chuckle when people recommend gamepass when you can download and keep most of the games cheaper with a VPN.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not recommending it. I'm just saying there's a business opportunity for the companies able to properly serve the type of user interested in that kind of service. Those users exist, as gamepass has proven with their gazillion subscribers.