You’ve never heard of it until today either.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Maybe we shouldn't be so worried about what Reee and Foss have to say. Also, if the CMA were as easily convinced as this judge, I think MS lawyers would have leaked signs of their victory to the press like they have with the eu already.
I'm not even sure if they have achieved a victory with the EU or if this is just more of their patented PR bs - perhaps using misinformation as a tactic to put pressure on other regulators or shape public opinion (note how Sony is specifically mentioned in this latest bit of news). They've been trying to pressure regulators with the general public too which is why we saw clueless stuff like the newspaper ads in the UK. For me, as long as there is no named source I take it with a grain of salt. We'll know the actual decision soon enough anyway.
What's the relationship between Reuters and Microsoft? A lot of positive articles are coming from there and the rumor about MS buying Netflix after Acti also came from Reuters.
I used to get their articles linked regularly as part of a compliance newsletter I was signed up to, try again.
With this kind of thing there's likely no direct link, but some journalists/reporters employed by Reuters may be acquainted with those working for the MS PR machine. To be clear I don't think there's any money changing hands or impropriety with Reuters' reporting, but their sources likely have their tongues firmly rooted in MS' asshole
Well one of them might have 66B$ spare soon, the other one might want to have a bit of it......
MS are still trying to get the CMA to accept the 10 year deal for SIE as being enough. They also appear to be offering to pay for a 3rd party to monitor the deal so that the CMA won't have to. Still trying to give up as little as possible to maintain all of the advantages this buyout would give them.
They also maintain that 10 years is supposedly enough time for Sony to make a COD alternative.
Also note that MS submitted this document 3 weeks ago.
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Basically reads “We want to give something by giving nothing”.
If microsoft doesn’t buy Activision CoD will be multiplatform forever.. if Microsoft buys Activision it will be the opposite. Plus microsoft has refused to show those 10 year agreements to the FTC.. they really must think we were all born yesterday like their base/reee.
They also made some bizarre comment about how the final year of the remedy the game can be played for years after. Indicating a future if they do decide to remove it, people can still play the already released games.
Then follow up by saying they have no incentive to remove it.
How can any self respecting regulator believe this?
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From the document
It doesn't surprised me that MS is trying to get credit for a deal that they wasn't even involved with to try to look good in the eyes of the regulators
This is so disingenuous I can't even make a comment about it.
Trying to make the argument that they can be trusted with behavioral remedies because they didn't cancel a contract that they weren't involved in is certainly...interesting.
They couldnt pull deathloop and tokyo even if they wanted. They d be sued. Just mental.
They basically gaslighting regulators.
They never gonna uphold the contract as fair use. They gonna set enormous price or just will break the contract.
They done this multiple times, breaking contracts, paying fines and move on. 500M or 1B, they don't care.
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