I saw adamsapple's avatar when I was skimming the NeoGaf acquisition thread after the announcement. Looks like he's still fighting the good fight for MS like all of their stooges.
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Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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They all vanished. DarkMage's last post was Tuesday. Adamsapple is the only one who's still active. He's so dumb he can't help himself.
Yup, he do be looking like a clown in this interview, like litreally, its as if god is trying to send us a message.
The reason is because they want to control the next area where game’s transition to, the Cloud.
They cant control console market cause they were a generation late and Sony did such an amazing job with their intro console, the PS1, that it pretty much became impossible to disloge Sony’s hardware dominace since sony’s first entry. This became compacted with the follow up, PS2.
So naturally the only way to control gameing is to get a head start into cloud, buy up big ip, give the competition peanuts and proceed to clean up as their competitors bleed out, sell off and die as a result of ms controling the price, hardware, infrastructure and content in the cloud.
The cma saw right throug it. Cant see china and ec approving.
Does DarkMage have an account here? He was insufferable on gaf
Yes he did but he couldn't handle the heat without being protected by the mods so he stopped posting.
Ampere Analysis / Console Sales: PS5 (21.7 million), Xbox Series X|S (13.8 million)
That ban was really weird, tbh, were you posting at the time? Or were you here already? We were in discord… this site didn’t exists yet. It was actually showing to somebody that was adamant that DF said it was easy to reach over 40fps in the Matrix demo when Alex (covered the demo) said that...
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So MS still out here making cloud deals with hoes.
The desperation.
The desperation.
Yes, one man checked 3 billions documents.They really believes CMA is one person?
Until 2021 they had 851 employees.
The doc was done by a team and revised by several others.
His name - ChatGPT, check mate micropenis
Riky still stuck in VRR metaverse..
Funny how this bit of news is totally ignored by resetera
I do find it funny how many people don’t realize that this is the end of XBox.
This merger was Phil Spencer’s desperate, last-ditch attempt to keep the division going. He had to beg for this generation to get the green light, promising huge subscription uptake which failed to materialize, so he convinced the board that buying out the world’s oldest and largest third-party games publisher would fix the problem of their subscription services not finding a large enough base.
As of today, that merger is dead, killed by Microsoft’s own public statements about the cloud future they envision, and MS is on the hook for $3 billion in cancellation fees and has soiled the reputation of Xbox in the minds of all but their most dedicated, radicalized fanbase.
Failure on that level is a career-ender at any company, and Phil was the only one left that was keeping the lights on for Xbox. The all-hands “Don’t panic” meeting yesterday is a huge red flag.
Microsoft is going to kill XBox, and they won’t wait years to do it. This is likely to be the last holiday season for Xbox, with any unreleased exclusives either axed completely or pushed to PC, most of the dev teams they bought will be shuttered and Microsoft will abandon gaming, as it has never done anything but lose money for them.
This merger was Phil Spencer’s desperate, last-ditch attempt to keep the division going. He had to beg for this generation to get the green light, promising huge subscription uptake which failed to materialize, so he convinced the board that buying out the world’s oldest and largest third-party games publisher would fix the problem of their subscription services not finding a large enough base.
As of today, that merger is dead, killed by Microsoft’s own public statements about the cloud future they envision, and MS is on the hook for $3 billion in cancellation fees and has soiled the reputation of Xbox in the minds of all but their most dedicated, radicalized fanbase.
Failure on that level is a career-ender at any company, and Phil was the only one left that was keeping the lights on for Xbox. The all-hands “Don’t panic” meeting yesterday is a huge red flag.
Microsoft is going to kill XBox, and they won’t wait years to do it. This is likely to be the last holiday season for Xbox, with any unreleased exclusives either axed completely or pushed to PC, most of the dev teams they bought will be shuttered and Microsoft will abandon gaming, as it has never done anything but lose money for them.
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But Phil is a visionary, haven't you heard?
I really doubt that. But we'll see.
I'd love to see this toxic company out of gaming just like they left smartphones, though.
Xbox is not dead by any stretch, but the "I'll wait until it's on Game Pass" mentality is impacting them hard.
Microsoft beleived they were being clever subsidizing this monster idea that would turn the games industry on its head. It was always a risky endeavour because if subscriber growth stalls, or they don't provide enough AAA content, the enterprise becomes unsustainable and their platform is damaged irreparably. They needed ABK to keep feeding the monster—to reach the crucial tipping point and tilt the scales forever in their favour.
So yes, the decision is a massive blow and no wonder senior Microsoft execs are losing composure, as they understand the numbers better than anyone, but they will increase their donations to US senators to turn up the heat on Sony, greasing the rails for a big acquisition in Japan (Sega most likely).
Edit: Also, it's not too late to contact the CMA expressing agreement with their decision. Be concise, polite, and reinforce why their decision is the correct one. I sent them some overlooked quotations where Satya Nadella admits that Microsoft possess an "incredible competitive advantage" in cloud gaming. The European Commission for Mergers also (case number: M.10646).
Microsoft beleived they were being clever subsidizing this monster idea that would turn the games industry on its head. It was always a risky endeavour because if subscriber growth stalls, or they don't provide enough AAA content, the enterprise becomes unsustainable and their platform is damaged irreparably. They needed ABK to keep feeding the monster—to reach the crucial tipping point and tilt the scales forever in their favour.
So yes, the decision is a massive blow and no wonder senior Microsoft execs are losing composure, as they understand the numbers better than anyone, but they will increase their donations to US senators to turn up the heat on Sony, greasing the rails for a big acquisition in Japan (Sega most likely).
Edit: Also, it's not too late to contact the CMA expressing agreement with their decision. Be concise, polite, and reinforce why their decision is the correct one. I sent them some overlooked quotations where Satya Nadella admits that Microsoft possess an "incredible competitive advantage" in cloud gaming. The European Commission for Mergers also (case number: M.10646).
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Lol it's over. They spent a year on this. Its too late to play nice. That behavioural factor that was constantly talked about. Has shown its ugly head in brad Smith stupidity. And it went to tv to public,and downing street. Once the lady spoke on TV it was a wrap. They won't go back on their word. They reaffirmed it in public. Move on. Tell Xbox to make games with those 30 studios instead of still showing CGI bullshots.
I see what your saying about Japan and how MS could potentially use the US congress as a weapon, but the Japanese government could just call the CMA/EU and tell them MS is attempting to black mail the entire government of Japan, can you do us a favor and block this? If the Japanese government or heck sony and nintendo went public with push back and accused MS of attempting to Blackmail the Japanese government that might cause alot of world wide scrutiny on Microsoft as an entire company from regulators. They flew way too close to the sun with this Activsion deal and their rhetoric since is casting them in a bad light.
Anything Microsoft does after this, especially after threatening governments and regulators is going to be looked at with a side eye if they think they can throw their weight around like that. ESCPIALLY like using the congress as weapon to harass other governments.
I wouldn't be too worried about US trying to interfere in Japan business or economics. It's not happening. Calm down, people.
MS are not buying Sega or any other big publisher for that matter.
They might try to get T2, but at this point, with how badly MS is reacting and how long the process was, I don't think they're trying to make any big acquisitions and I doubt the publishers would sell.
Maybe in a few years, but surely not in the next months or year.
MS are not buying Sega or any other big publisher for that matter.
They might try to get T2, but at this point, with how badly MS is reacting and how long the process was, I don't think they're trying to make any big acquisitions and I doubt the publishers would sell.
Maybe in a few years, but surely not in the next months or year.
That resetera thread is just wailing and gnashing of teeth. Those boys still cant believe it. Got to give em credit, they know how to keep hope alive!
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