When XBOX fires a bunch of people and shutters studios leading to fewer games with worse support, that's a problem for consumers.
replyI think people often forget that in a society we rely on companies making and serving things. They make our food and our medicine and build our homes and make our games. It's a good thing when their finances are healthy. It's a bad thing when they form monopolies and rent-seek.
Once again, what is the actual problem here? The company was making a profit at their current employment level. They are laying people off and shuttering studios because that profit isn't enough for them. This entire argument keeps coming back to "money grubbery".
replyWould you accept 3% return on your money, especially if the investment was risky?
replyHow is making more and more every fiscal year "healthy"?
replyThis is madness and it doesn't make any sense besides the one case where you pursue a monopoly.
All of this has nothing to do with the consumer of the product besides the fact that he'll get a worse and worse product while simultaneously being forced to pay more and more. Enshitification is aresult of this "healthy" business culture.
I agree. The numbers need to go up every year without thinking about the health of the economy, and the Average Joe is delusional.
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