Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

[ApolloHelios]

Satya was already on the distancing train

Microsoft CEO: ‘We will be in gaming going forward’ even if Activision deal doesn’t happen​

from: https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-to-be-in-gaming-going-forward-even-without-activision/

Surely, the deal is dead.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Why would Sony make any statement about this? The CMA said they weren’t making the decision based on console business, and Sony is not a party to the merger.

Making a statement would be an incredibly stupid thing for Sony to do.

I was expecting a general "We agree with the CMA blabla" but I guess they don't want a big focus on them WE WON!!!

Those fiscal numbers will be brutal tho

 

[KiryuRealty]

Phil is apparently kinda distancing xbox from this merger:
Phil Spencer told Xbox workers at an all-hands this morning that while the Activision deal is an accelerant to the company's gaming strategy, it's not the entirety of it


"The Xbox chief said the acquisition was intended to speed up Microsoft’s gaming plans, but doesn’t represent the entirety of the company’s gaming strategy, which would move ahead even without Activision, the person said."

This is the kind of meeting that the smart employees make sure to update their resumè immediately after, the moment they get back to their desks.

The sand is almost all at the bottom of the hourglass for Xbox.

 

[Cool hand luke]

Thoughts over the past day:

I forgot to check Installbase, where fiendcode is having a meltdown over the block. Great to see; he's a fucking scumbag and is absolutely unhinged. He thinks Xbox is gonna be fine, Sony is in trouble because they've invited scrutiny through their participation in the deal, same old revenge fantasies about Microsoft punishing the UK etc etc.






Boosteroid has earned themselves an investigation into their politically convenient HQ location. Does anyone have the deets prepackaged about how they changed their location from Romania to Ukraine? I'll tweet some journos.

 

[nongkris]

I really don't think MS should be in the business of game publishing. It's a media/entertainment business first and foremost, and they're are best at traditional software. They also don't own a bunch of movie studios for the same reason. If they want to stay in gaming they should just buy an engine company like Unity or Epic, which games are made on, and integrate them heavily into Azure and allow cloud streaming that way. Play to their strengths of business software instead of media.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Thoughts over the past day:

I forgot to check Installbase, where fiendcode is having a meltdown over the block. Great to see; he's a fucking scumbag and is absolutely unhinged. He thinks Xbox is gonna be fine, Sony is in trouble because they've invited scrutiny through their participation in the deal, same old revenge fantasies about Microsoft punishing the UK etc etc.

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Boosteroid has earned themselves an investigation into their politically convenient HQ location. Does anyone have the deets prepackaged about how they changed their location from Romania to Ukraine? I'll tweet some journos.

Why do so many green tards have this delusion that Sony is where they are solely due to nefarious, likely criminal means?

It just baffles me utterly.

 

[LED]

DEAL IS DEAD BOYS!!

 

[daniel5043]

Because all the regulators must approve the acquisition, if one of them says no there's no acquisition. MS will appeal the CMA decision. If MS doesn't win that appealing, the acquisition will be cancelled.

And on top of that, they have a milestone to complete the acquisition before July 18th. If they don't have the acquisition completed by this day, the acquisition would also be cancelled and MS would have to pay them I think it was $3B more as compensation to the ABK shareholders (mainly Kotick). But they can decide to extend the milestone, so that last part pretty likely wouldn't be the end.


There's a certain English man in USA that is going to be very happy once MS loses their appeal vs the CMA and the acquisition gets finally buried:

Is jimbo even in the US at the moment

 

[Bryank75]

Thoughts over the past day:

I forgot to check Installbase, where fiendcode is having a meltdown over the block. Great to see; he's a fucking scumbag and is absolutely unhinged. He thinks Xbox is gonna be fine, Sony is in trouble because they've invited scrutiny through their participation in the deal, same old revenge fantasies about Microsoft punishing the UK etc etc.

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Boosteroid has earned themselves an investigation into their politically convenient HQ location. Does anyone have the deets prepackaged about how they changed their location from Romania to Ukraine? I'll tweet some journos.

Absolutely painful to read some of those people, their takes are so disconnected from reality and rooted in a twisted view of the world.... a world they have created for themselves to live in 24/7.

 

[Bryank75]

DEAL IS DEAD BOYS!!

I still think Sony should buy Square or Capcom to even things up for the Zenimax deal.

Things would be 'square' then.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Pete Hines should go directly to Nadella and say that Xbox is holding Bethesda back. Bethesda gains nothing by being tied to a sinking ship.

 

[KiryuRealty]

I still think Sony should buy Square or Capcom to even things up for the Zenimax deal.

Things would be 'square' then.

Thing is, Sony doesn’t have to buy a single Japanese publisher to keep their games off XBox.

The sales figures are showing clearly that Xbox ports of any game are not worth it, and doubly so for Japanese games.

 

[FatKaz]

 

[PropellerEar]

 

[AshHunter216]

Thoughts over the past day:

I forgot to check Installbase, where fiendcode is having a meltdown over the block. Great to see; he's a fucking scumbag and is absolutely unhinged. He thinks Xbox is gonna be fine, Sony is in trouble because they've invited scrutiny through their participation in the deal, same old revenge fantasies about Microsoft punishing the UK etc etc.

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Boosteroid has earned themselves an investigation into their politically convenient HQ location. Does anyone have the deets prepackaged about how they changed their location from Romania to Ukraine? I'll tweet some journos.

The fear mongering over Sony's relationship with ABK is so ridiculous. An independent ABK isn't going to stop launching on Playstation or intentionally make the Playstation versions worse as it would only further hurt them and their reputation. The most that would happen is Xbox getting the next round of marketing deals and maybe some timed exclusives, way preferable to MS outright owning them.

 

[Johnic]

 

[AshHunter216]

LMAO, what about all the people Florian insulted? Why should anyone care that he blocked them?

 

[Plextorage]

Little help!


Where Brad Smith threatened UK with cybersecurity?? Can't find the quote

 

[Bryank75]

 

[Swift_Star]

Thoughts over the past day:

I forgot to check Installbase, where fiendcode is having a meltdown over the block. Great to see; he's a fucking scumbag and is absolutely unhinged. He thinks Xbox is gonna be fine, Sony is in trouble because they've invited scrutiny through their participation in the deal, same old revenge fantasies about Microsoft punishing the UK etc etc.

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Boosteroid has earned themselves an investigation into their politically convenient HQ location. Does anyone have the deets prepackaged about how they changed their location from Romania to Ukraine? I'll tweet some journos.

Nothing will happen to Sony lol