[HN Gopher] Sony takes minority stake in Discord, integrating in...
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       Sony takes minority stake in Discord, integrating into PS5
        
       Author : singhrac
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2021-05-03 19:43 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | MeinBlutIstBlau wrote:
       | I wonder how many PS5's could've been produced with that money
       | instead of improving social integration.
       | 
       | Kind of difficult to engage with friends socially on your
       | platform if nobody can buy your platform.
        
         | syspec wrote:
         | Short term thinking
        
         | Narishma wrote:
         | > I wonder how many PS5's could've been produced with that
         | money instead of improving social integration.
         | 
         | Probably zero.
        
       | astlouis44 wrote:
       | Brilliant partnership. I wonder how Microsoft will take this most
       | recent development, considering Discord recently turned down
       | their over $10B acquisition bid...
        
       | PascLeRasc wrote:
       | I feel much better about Sony doing this than "Oh no, the disc is
       | just a license" Microsoft
       | 
       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA
        
         | throaway3141593 wrote:
         | I suppose Sony Interactive Entertainment is different from Sony
         | Music, but once upon a time Sony thought that, if you had the
         | audacity to play one of their CDs on your PC, it'd be a good
         | idea for them to install a rootkit on your computer. After the
         | initial outcry, they released a tool that purportedly removed
         | the rootkit but in reality simply hid it.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...
        
         | Salgat wrote:
         | With how Microsoft is handling Github I'm quite happy with
         | them. Anyone worried about Microsoft acquisitions is living
         | about a decade behind with the belief that Ballmer is still
         | running things.
        
         | anonymousab wrote:
         | > Oh no, the disc is just a license
         | 
         | All of these game companies share that sentiment. Some just
         | took it a little too far.
        
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