Microsoft's big acquisitions aren't likely to hold PC gaming back

After gobbling up Minecraft, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, and more, Microsoft just became the future owner of Call of Duty, Diablo, Overwatch, and Warcraft. Xbox boss Phil Spencer's consolidation of game studios is starting to look a little like the congealing of the film industry that led to Disney's simultaneous control of Marvel, Star Wars, and James Cameron's Avatar, its crown jewel.

For now, I'd put my feelings about Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition somewhere on par...