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Microsoft is planning to sell the streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft
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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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Streaming as in cloud gaming like Stadia.
As in Ubisoft Will use Azure infrastructure to stream games... I don't think Amazon has that kind of infrastructure. Microsoft however even considered letting Sony set up game streaming on Azure.
Honestly, in a weird way, it makes sense. I don't view neither Ubisoft nor Sony as software companies. Ubisoft makes and publishes games, Sony makes consoles, phones and cameras.
So outsourcing to a company who's job it is to solely focus on backend infrastructure and protocols so that Ubisoft and Sony can focus on doing what they do best.
In any case, I fundamentally oppose game streaming because I want to hold a copy of the software which is licensed to me. Not some streaming service where a game can just suddenly disappear. I don't appreciate these companies retconning products nowadays and it'll get worse still.
Streaming will put the decision and power solely on the publisher. That is scary to me.