Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

[AshHunter216]

Out of the two newspapers that MS bought ads in, the Daily Mail has a reputation for being extremely non-credible from what I hear (if someone from the UK is here can they confirm?). The financial times appears to be a bit more balanced though. They ran the ad, but they also ran a story essentially arguing that what Bobby Kotick said about the UK tech industry dying if they don't approve the deal isn't accurate.

Is the UK really becoming ‘Death Valley’ for global tech?

Microsoft’s $75bn Activision Blizzard deal needs to clear hurdles around the world

www.ft.com

 

[FatKaz]

Out of the two newspapers that MS bought ads in, the Daily Mail has a reputation for being extremely non-credible from what I hear (if someone from the UK is here can they confirm?). The financial times appears to be a bit more balanced though. They ran the ad, but they also ran a story essentially arguing that what Bobby Kotick said about the UK tech industry dying if they don't approve the deal isn't accurate.

Is the UK really becoming ‘Death Valley’ for global tech?

Microsoft’s $75bn Activision Blizzard deal needs to clear hurdles around the world

www.ft.com

Find the most trashiest news outlet in your country that is basically what daily mail is. They have been sued over the years for all sorts of stuff.

Not gonna say everything they say is not credible, but never trust anything that comes out of them without checking other sources. Their whole audience are only interested in hating on anybody and everything so they play to that tune.

 

[AshHunter216]

Find the most trashiest news outlet in your country that is basically what daily mail is. They have been sued over the years for all sorts of stuff.

Not gonna say everything they say is not credible, but never trust anything that comes out of them without checking other sources. Their whole audience are only interested in hating on anybody and everything so they play to that tune.

I figured. That's what I had heard as well.

 

[Dabaus]

To show you guys how off the rails that resetera thread is, Post up is used as a legit source but a developer who worked on a ps4 version of cod got banned.

 

[AshHunter216]

Imagine what kind of unhinged messages these people would be sending Jim on twitter if he had one.

 

[Doncortez77]

Imagine what kind of unhinged messages these people would be sending Jim on twitter if he had one.

I can see Jim just spamming this as a response to any of Lulu's dumb tweets:

 

[Swift_Star]

UK tech industry dying if they don't approve the deal isn't accurate.

Is the UK really becoming ‘Death Valley’ for global tech?

Microsoft’s $75bn Activision Blizzard deal needs to clear hurdles around the world

www.ft.com

LMFAO, why would this even make any sense?

 

[FatKaz]

LMFAO, why would this even make any sense?

It doesn't, it was just another desperate attempt to put pressure on the CMA.

If this deal does get blocked, all the revenge fanatasies people are coming up with will be just that fantasies. Companies aren't fanboys to hold a grudge against a country where they are hugeley successful.

 

[AshHunter216]

LMFAO, why would this even make any sense?

Ask Bobby Kotick.

 

[Swift_Star]

Just browsed Era. The xbots are unhinged and not taking the news well... Seems that Sony exposing MS tactics about overcharging for CoD made them really sour. The thread is looking like a funeral. I like it.

 

[Swift_Star]

lmao, some of them believe MS will leave UK if the deal don't goes through.
Sure, Jan, let's alienate a huge part of our windows and office business out of spite and lose that sweet, sweet pound money.
What the hell are these people thinking?

 

[daniel5043]

lmao, some of them believe MS will leave UK if the deal don't goes through.
Sure, Jan, let's alienate a huge part of our windows and office business out of spite and lose that sweet, sweet pound money.
What the hell are these people thinking?

Damn imagine the fallout between the US and UK government

 

[AshHunter216]

Some of MS response to the Provisional Findings seems pretty indignant. They were essentially insulting the CMA by saying that the UK is such a small region and they have no right to get in the way of such a large global deal in one part of the document.

 

[Swift_Star]

Some of MS response to the Provisional Findings seems pretty indignant. They were essentially insulting them by saying that the UK is such a small region and they have no right to get in the way of such a large global deal in one part of the document.

Well, let MS cry them a river.

 

[Deleted member 417]

Some of MS response to the Provisional Findings seems pretty indignant. They were essentially insulting the CMA by saying that the UK is such a small region and they have no right to get in the way of such a large global deal in one part of the document.

An American company telling the Uk they are small and insignificant will go down like a lead balloon. I'm looking forward to MS telling Europe how they own them and must do what they say because they're an American company.

 

[Cool hand luke]

Part of the fantasy revenge narrative is *checks notes* that regulators will pursue Sony for abusing their market dominance and securing 3rd party exclusives, which is an unprecedented act in any industry.

More likely is that the regulators set their sights on trillion dollar Microsoft and start working to break it up.

 

[Dabaus]

Some of MS response to the Provisional Findings seems pretty indignant. They were essentially insulting the CMA by saying that the UK is such a small region and they have no right to get in the way of such a large global deal in one part of the document.

Wow. Mind sharing a link? I believe you i just want to see it for myself lol.

 

[AshHunter216]

Part of the fantasy revenge narrative is *checks notes* that regulators will pursue Sony for abusing their market dominance and securing 3rd party exclusives, which is an unprecedented act in any industry.

More likely is that the regulators set their sights on trillion dollar Microsoft and start working to break it up.

I never understood where the narrative of 3rd party exclusives being unique to Sony came from. Nintendo had 2 year exclusivity contracts with 3rd party devs well before Playstation had even been conceptualized.

 

[AshHunter216]

Wow. Mind sharing a link? I believe you i just want to see it for myself lol.

It's on the CMA website. Try this

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64088cf9d3bf7f25f61ff804/Microsoft.Activision_-_Response_to_Remedies_Notice_-_NCV__2_.pdf

 

[Swift_Star]

Part of the fantasy revenge narrative is *checks notes* that regulators will pursue Sony for abusing their market dominance and securing 3rd party exclusives, which is an unprecedented act in any industry.

More likely is that the regulators set their sights on trillion dollar Microsoft and start working to break it up.

I would love if MS got sliced as a consequence of this failed merger.