Breaking: UK's CMA investigation has provisionally concluded that "Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision could result in higher prices, fewer

[KiryuRealty]

Seems like the potential options the CMA are giving seem like things MS are unlikely to agree to. It could be that MS tries to convince the EU to accept their terms and then pressure the CMA to agree to lighter terms, which is a stretch.

Since it's been reported that the regulators communicate more than they have in the past, it's possible that the FTC and CMA advise the EU not to agree to remedies from Microsoft that are too weak.

It is totally a poison pill deal.

Also, it doesn't matter if any other of the three block it, just one of the FTC, CMA or EU competition authorities is all it takes for the kill, and if anything, we should expect the EU to just straight up shoot the deal in the face. The CMA was playing nice by giving terms that they know MS would never accept.

 

[Bryank75]

It is totally a poison pill deal.

Also, it doesn't matter if any other of the three block it, just one of the FTC, CMA or EU competition authorities is all it takes for the kill, and if anything, we should expect the EU to just straight up shoot the deal in the face. The CMA was playing nice by giving terms that they know MS would never accept.

Funny some people on other forums are suggesting that the deal cans till pass without the UK. That they can somehow work the deal around the CMA... LOL

Days like today show how utterly deluded some people are / some groups.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Funny some people on other forums are suggesting that the deal cans till pass without the UK. That they can somehow work the deal around the CMA... LOL

Days like today show how utterly deluded some people are / some groups.

There are a ton of GAFfers who seem to think that the CMA process involves going to court. LOL

And there are really special ones, like Senjutsu Sage, who are saying the deal is going through, and the terms announced today are just theatre to make the CMA look tough. LMFAO

 

[KiryuRealty]

Man, AdamsApple better be sitting down when he reads the full report. Some of the excerpts are just stunning. Basically, it is now officially on the record in the UK that GamePass has had a hugely negative effect on game sales, directly from MS' own submissions in this process.

 

[anonpuffs]

There are a ton of GAFfers who seem to think that the CMA process involves going to court. LOL

And there are really special ones, like Senjutsu Sage, who are saying the deal is going through, and the terms announced today are just theatre to make the CMA look tough. LMFAO

Give Senjutsu a break, he's probably in a lot of emotional distress from all the terrible news for xbox lately. Someone give him the hotline to a mental health professional stat...the amount of coping in his posts is just heartbreaking

 

[Gediminas]

Give Senjutsu a break, he's probably in a lot of emotional distress from all the terrible news for xbox lately. Someone give him the hotline to a mental health professional stat...the amount of coping in his posts is just heartbreaking

nah, his is not. he is not a human being to possess such feelings. he just bot. he will spin whatever comes to his way. when deal is off, he will find something else to brag about no one cares, new metric, new formula of success etc..

 

[KiryuRealty]

What really cracks me up is the amount of fanbots who think the EU won't be harsher than the CMA, after MS totally stooged them on the Bethesda situation by admitting going fully MS-exclusive would hurt them financially, and then making Bethesda MS-exclusive as soon as the ink dried.

 

[Dabaus]

What really cracks me up is the amount of fanbots who think the EU won't be harsher than the CMA, after MS totally stooged them on the Bethesda situation by admitting going fully MS-exclusive would hurt them financially, and then making Bethesda MS-exclusive as soon as the ink dried.

Im seeing that this confirms the deal will be approved and this is actually a step in the right direction from fanboys.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Im seeing that this confirms the deal will be approved and this is actually a step in the right direction from fanboys.

You saw Senjutsu Sage’s mental breakdown on GAF too, huh?

 

[Bryank75]

Really shows how entrenched COD gamers are. Definitely is an important franchise to compete. It was in my mind certainly the main target of MSFT, nomatter what they say or what PR they release.

 

[Yobo]

This isnt getting through
MS simply won't be able to get to a place where all 3 regulators are happy with the acquisition proceeding

 

[AshHunter216]

Kit guru mentions that companies will publicly claim confidence in a deal even if the deal isn't going well. They brought up Nvidia being confident that they would get ARM all the way up until they didn't.

 

[daniel5043]

Funny some people on other forums are suggesting that the deal cans till pass without the UK. That they can somehow work the deal around the CMA... LOL

Days like today show how utterly deluded some people are / some groups.

Americans thinking the UK is completely irrelevant is so fucking silly

 

[Deleted member 417]

like Senjutsu Sage

One of the biggest Xbox clowns on Gaf, which is saying something because there are loads of them

You saw Senjutsu Sage’s mental breakdown on GAF too, huh?

Can you link it? I get a chuckle out of the xbots on gaf getting slapped in the face by reality.

 

[KiryuRealty]

This isnt getting through
MS simply won't be able to get to a place where all 3 regulators are happy with the acquisition proceeding

That assumes the EU doesn't just outright reject the merger deal.

 

[KiryuRealty]

One of the biggest Xbox clowns on Gaf, which is saying something because there are loads of them

Can you link it? I get a chuckle out of the xbots on gaf getting slapped in the face by reality.

It is ongoing in the Approval Watch thread and really anything else related to the deal, too much stuff to link, but man, he's making an even bigger idiot of himself than normal. Hendrick's has been gold today too.

 

[Dabaus]

You saw Senjutsu Sage’s mental breakdown on GAF too, huh?

Actually no. I cant stand to read his posts. I genuinely think anyone that emotionally tied to xbox is insane and has mental issues, like deep seeded mental issues. It like staring into the abyss of madness, reading one of his posts.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Actually no. I cant stand to read his posts. I genuinely think anyone that emotionally tied to xbox is insane and has mental issues, like deep seated mental issues. It like staring into the abyss of madness, reading one of his posts.

Definitely, but reading the responses to people shitting on his idiocy is life-affirming in an odd way.

 

[AshHunter216]

That assumes the EU doesn't just outright reject the merger deal.

I thought the EU basically already gave their preliminary thoughts.

I'm thinking that even if it does go through, MS will have to agree to such major concessions that they'll barely get any noticeable advantages out of it, at least not as many as they wanted.

 

[KiryuRealty]

I thought the EU basically already gave their preliminary thoughts.

I'm thinking that even if it does go through, MS will have to agree to such major concessions that they'll barely get any noticeable advantages out of it, at least not as many as they wanted.

They have to abide by the strictest remedies, and the UK remedies ALL make the deal not worth completing for the price.

I do get a kick out of the retards who think MS can just pay a lower price due to the divestiture requirements if they close. That’s not how these things work, so MS will be out $70 bil if they continue, without getting what they were really after. There’s no chance they agree to it.