Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources
Microsoft is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard, people familiar with the matter said, that could pose another challenge to completing the deal. The European Commission is readying a charge sheet known as a statement...
EU was always gonna have an issue with this deal... they are always one of the toughest to get through.
Remember me when this whole thing got shot down to bring me a bottle of champagne to celebrate the incoming manantial of tears from lousy fanboys like peterMicrosoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources
Microsoft is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard, people familiar with the matter said, that could pose another challenge to completing the deal. The European Commission is readying a charge sheet known as a statement...finance.yahoo.com
Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources
Microsoft is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard, people familiar with the matter said, that could pose another challenge to completing the deal. The European Commission is readying a charge sheet known as a statement...
This was known months ago. They won't ask or entertain remedies and concessions until their charge sheet is out.
I'm curious as to how major these charges are. I wonder if they have the authority to say something like "You can have this, but you can't buy any more publishers for a while".Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal - sources
Microsoft is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard, people familiar with the matter said, that could pose another challenge to completing the deal. The European Commission is readying a charge sheet known as a statement...
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See guys this is actually good because Microsoft can tell eu regulators what their terms are. As we all know the ftc is unconstitutional and Lina Kahn should retire in shame. This is all part of Phil’s master plan. It’s all coming together now.
But the damage would already be done, MS will be laughing if regulators just say oh don't buy another publisher for 5 years or whatever. That type of concession doesn't address regulators concerns about this acquistion.
if the concern is them growing too large too quickly and gaining a controlling interest in the most popular and potential most beloved IP in the future that concession could theoretically curtail that. In 5 years their next target may belong to someone else and everyone left may not be interested in selling.
But that concern is relevant to the abk acquisition, everything you said would apply to this acquisition.
If it's paired with them being forced to keep COD multiplat as well as being limited from buying up more publishers with dozens of beloved IPs too quickly it could limit that. I'm trying to look at it reasonably as I have my doubts that the deal will be blocked outright. Plus if this gets blocked, MS will probably get mad and might buy up a bunch of publishers that are smaller and less likely to anger regulators but have a ton of IPs that people will really miss if they're taken off of Playstation.
https://news.microsoft.com/2022/01/...ty-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/
lol this shit its almost distopic
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device
lol this shit its almost distopic
I think they've written like 3 or 4 articles like this. Charm offensive in full effect.
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why all xbots fanboys are like that? ,its the aaron greenberg book of style or something?
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I mean, a million of those kinds of ridiculous podcasts started popping up around the middle and end of last gen. They're a dime a dozen and seem to serve as a kind of coping mechanism.
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I lol at the guy over 300lbs drinking a pepsi, like bruh the writing is on the wall and you need to learn discipline real quick
