Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

Sircaw

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I am not interested in addressing anyone's points when they come and reply back with snarky comments and assume that I am X or Z. You've lost that privilege's. Learn to be respectful and less aggressive.

Back on topic - I think Sony refuses to show any 1st party because they are scared if the deal goes through, and want to make sure to play their cards right before they show anything. Either way....it's quite entertaining.
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AshHunter216

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It’s not verifiable at all. She’s desperate as hell because she knows the deal is dead. She’s trying to sway the public opinion, which have no weight to the CMA.
That's where I'm at. She's making a lot of claims on twitter, but offers no receipts. Seems like she's just saying anything to support the deal.
 
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anonpuffs

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Yeah it is heading that way.

1 - No communication between big 1st party releases
2 - Keeping 3rd party titles away from other platforms
3 - No 1st party showcase now for over a year and a half
4 - No Game Pass equivalent service, PS Essentials/PS+ is not good and is a far more expensive and not as diverse

But anyways - If the deal goes through, Sony will need to actually start speaking more because right now they are starting to speak very little and its getting very annoying. No showcases, no games, and the recent showcase wasn't interesting. Where is 1st party?
Point 1 - sure, I think Sony should communicate more, but how is that relevant?
Point 2 - everyone does this, and it's mostly timed exclusives
Point 3 - ok, so? No 1st party showcase means Microsoft should be able to buy half the industry?
Point 4 - how is PS+ bad, and how is it more expensive than gamepass? From my view PS+ gets just as many bangers if not more than gamepass. It's also cheaper if you buy yearly, and even cheaper if you buy a year of ps+ on sale at e.g. black friday for 50% off.

I don't understand how any of this makes Sony a monopoly?
 
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1. Sony communicate enough. Better to remain quiet than shout your mouth off for 4 years with nothing to show for it
2. 3rd parties are keeping their own games away from xbox
3. sony have plenty to play, we don't need a showy showcase to tell us there are games available to buy (40 of them just released for VR, the dead, niche platform)
4. Gamepass is costing Microsoft money and relationships. Sony following suit would be arrogant
 

riesgoyfortuna

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It's smart of them to expose Sony like this. Sony has been dormant for too long and the true colors are starting to show. This is fantastic.
how someone cant be so unprofessional and plain stupid to see these tweets as a good luok? she is a anti union piece of shit,and this is pretty fucking unprofessional to their biggest bussinness partnert,its the playstation brand one of the reasons cod its making money right now

people who cheer for pieces of shit are the ones who show their colors,....or lack or hair..
 
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AshHunter216

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What is it with people like Lulu that they don't understand there's no legal obligation for Sony to accept a deal if one's offered?
Sony seem to have already come with receipts that show that the offer was not made in good faith (Though details are redacted). Lulu is just taking things out of context to construct a narrative in the court of public opinion.
 

Swift_Star

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Sony seem to have already come with receipts that show that the offer was not made in good faith (Though details are redacted). Lulu is just taking things out of context to construct a narrative in the court of public opinion.
Which won’t make any difference lol
 

Doncortez77

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Sony seem to have already come with receipts that show that the offer was not made in good faith (Though details are redacted). Lulu is just taking things out of context to construct a narrative in the court of public opinion.
Cant win the court of public opinion when you have the least desirable console on the market. The public already told MS to fuck off
 

Cool hand luke

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One fantastic outcome of all this will be reading Reee's tears when the deal is blocked, not if. The delusion is peaking over there as if they don't realise that a successful merger outcome does not look like:
-Execs panic-posting on twitter
-Regulatory bodies signalling their decisions will deviate from one another
-Media blitzes
 

AshHunter216

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One semi-odd thing is that the CMA appear to have posted these responses way sooner than the schedules floating around suggested they would.
 

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I think it would be hilarious if Jimbo after these hearings come out in April, replies and sounds all professional in how not to use social media to talk about things said behind closed doors.

Good luck LULU, you may be a PR person for AKB, but the odds of anyone hiring you are slim now. You don't divulge regardless if you got the greenlight from higher ups sensitive information about a deal specifically when there';s usually a non-disclosure you sign if statements/talking/negotiations happen behind closed doors.

She's literally being the mouth piece for Bobby Kotick, because he and the older shareholders want this to get their payday.
 
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