Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

[Dabaus]

The Xbox one Launch ended MS chances of being on top ever again. They are still in recovery mode from this.
All of this proves that Xbox 360 was just a fluke that capitalized on the PS3 delay, they rushed the fuck outta the first models leading to RROD

360 and all the catalysts that lead to its success does seem like lightening in a bottle while the stars aligned. It does seem like alot of the success was a fluke and being at the right place at the right time.

 

[AshHunter216]

360 and all the catalysts that lead to its success does seem like lightening in a bottle while the stars aligned. It does seem like alot of the success was a fluke and being at the right place at the right time.

If the PS3 wasn't as initially expensive and hard to develop for as it was, the 360 probably wouldn't have been as popular as it was. They really got lucky that Sony made the choices that they did, though the 360 did have some really good exclusives during the first half of its life as well.

 

[Vertigo]

If the PS3 wasn't as initially expensive and hard to develop for as it was, the 360 probably wouldn't have been as popular as it was. They really got lucky that Sony made the choices that they did, though the 360 did have some really good exclusives during the first half of its life as well.

Microsoft screwed themselves and blew it during the 360 gen. It launched hot… hell I bought one scalped without a hard drive for like $700 at launch. I was still an Xbox fan then.

But what happened? Bungie left. Epic left. EA bought BioWare and DICE. Bizarre Creations was gutted and ruined. I’m sure there’s more I’ve forgotten. Even their third party exclusives were solid. Oh… I forget only Sony does that. Derp my bad

It all went wrong during the 360 tbh

 

[Cool hand luke]

I don't understand why so many people here are celebrating.
This isn't over just because the CMA announced to block the acquisition.

Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard are going to appeal the CMA's decision. And because this decision to block the acquisition makes no sense (Microsoft already explained it) the CAT (Competition Appeal Tribunal) will save the deal.
The CAT will tell the CMA to let this deal pass because it makes no sense to block it. Microsoft will give them more informations about the cloud gaming market and in the end.... the CMA will approve the acquisition.

Just wait a few more weeks or months. This deal is as good as done.
90% chance it will go through.

This has got to be the funniest rugpull in this thread. Dude posts a tweet from Spewing Mueller and his cringe alternate reality Microsoft Fanfiction and we're all expecting that it's for laughs.

Shyamalan twist: the poster BELIEVES what Mueller is saying and thinks the acquisition has a chance of going through

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

So in terms of the 5 Stages of Grief, does it seem like the Xbox fanatics who only wanted this deal to past out of spite & hate for PlayStation, are somewhere between the Anger and Bargaining phase?

Because that is faster progress for them than I thought. Almost faster than they'll move on from RedFall after it releases.

This has got to be the funniest rugpull in this thread. Dude posts a tweet from Spewing Mueller and his cringe alternate reality Microsoft Fanfiction and we're all expecting that it's for laughs.

Shyamalan twist: the poster BELIEVES what Mueller is saying and thinks the acquisition has a chance of going through

Legit forgot Sleepy Brown was even a thing.

 

[Puff]

It's not a full reset because the starting point is the original final report and on the grounds upheld by CAT, but it's a new process that includes collecting new evidence, analysis and consultation.

Then, if CAT remits the case to the CMA again, there would be:

- A new administrative timetable (usually around 5-6 months)

- A new Inquiry Group (called Remittal Group)

- New provisional findings (called Provisional Report)

- A new remedies notice (called Remedies Paper)

- A new final report (called Final Report on the remittal)

In that case, yes, MS could offer new remedies.

 

[MrRevocs1256]

Microsoft screwed themselves and blew it during the 360 gen. It launched hot… hell I bought one scalped without a hard drive for like $700 at launch. I was still an Xbox fan then.

But what happened? Bungie left. Epic left. EA bought BioWare and DICE. Bizarre Creations was gutted and ruined. I’m sure there’s more I’ve forgotten. Even their third party exclusives were solid. Oh… I forget only Sony does that. Derp my bad

It all went wrong during the 360 tbh

The kinect happened, setting the chain reaction that lead to Xbox One disastrous reveal.
Sony may have fucked up with the ps3 at the beginning, but the bounced back and learned and look how well they are doing now.
Xbox has.no fucking clue what they want. They let all the quality Devs leave, left iconic IP's to rot, and now the first party is suffering cause all the budged is funneled to game pass thus lowering the quality of their first party games.
Halo was a iconic franchise that was equivalent to CoD, now it's a fucking joke of a series run by muppets

 

[AshHunter216]

Is this an Idas post trying to keep their hopes up?

 

[MrRevocs1256]

Is this an Idas post trying to keep their hopes up?

I wonder if resetera will scare away Idas from posting like how they got rid of Benji (the sales guy) just because he is giving them news they don't like

 

[Nhomnhom]

So in terms of the 5 Stages of Grief, does it seem like the Xbox fanatics who only wanted this deal to past out of spite & hate for PlayStation, are somewhere between the Anger and Bargaining phase?

Because that is faster progress for them than I thought. Almost faster than they'll move on from RedFall after it releases.

I can't wait for the part where the Xbox fans threaten to boycott ABK regardless of the fact that they don't buy game.

The kinect happened, setting the chain reaction that lead to Xbox One disastrous reveal.
Sony may have fucked up with the ps3 at the beginning, but the bounced back and learned and look how well they are doing now.
Xbox has.no fucking clue what they want. They let all the quality Devs leave, left iconic IP's to rot, and now the first party is suffering cause all the budged is funneled to game pass thus lowering the quality of their first party games.
Halo was a iconic franchise that was equivalent to CoD, now it's a fucking joke of a series run by muppets

Was it really Kinect or was it Phil Spencer being made the head of MS game studios in 2008?

Sony also messed with the PS Move but that didn't ruin their studios for the next 15 years.

Halo, Forza, Gears, Fable, all those IPs already existed before Phil Spencer took over.

Shuhei Yoshida actually took the equivalent position at Sony around the same time, in time to make calls about Demon's Souls a game released in 2009, a game so old now that it was already remade 3 years ago. But Phil couldn't create shit during that period?

Kinect was already gone from the Xbox One less than a year after it was release while the console was still selling well.

 

[Acquiescence]

The CMA Cheif boss lady went on tv yesterday to refute Brad Smith's comments. The CMA is doubling down on their stance, not wavering even to the point of answering Microsofts complaints within hours. Its over.

Brad Smith and Bobby Kotick's rhetoric has become more harsh and downright hostile ever since the CMA blocked the deal. Let them go at it I say. Get as fucking mad as you want. That kind of attitude is only going to convince Sarah Cardell and her crew even more that they made the right decision. Any hope of succeeding during the appeal process is gonna go right out of the window with the way MS and Activision have been talking about the UK in the past couple of days.

Not that they ever had much chance of closing the deal with an appeal anyway.

 

[MrRevocs1256]

Xbox has it absolutely rough this month

 

[Swift_Star]

The capitalists clowns at UK are crying already:

UK tech scene raises alarm over block to Microsoft-Activision deal

They can all get rekt for all I care. CMA put a stop on their dreams of mass consolidation and market control.
I hope the heat from regulators keep rising. These companies need to be divided and sold to smaller ones.

Their furious reaction rippled through the UK’s tech sector this week, with entrepreneurs and investors expressing concern that the decision was a sign the country’s status as Europe’s leading tech hub was slipping.

Tech industry figures are particularly worried about the recent hawkishness of the CMA, which appears to be staking out a position as a global leader in scrutinising Big Tech in the wake of Brexit.

Cry me a river, clowns.

 

[FatKaz]

At this point ABK and MS could announce they abondoned the deal and we will still have xbox fans holding onto hope the deal passing.

 

[Swift_Star]

At this point ABK and MS could announce they abondoned the deal and we will still have xbox fans holding onto hope the deal passing.

MS is still lobbying as seen on the above article.
MS haven't learned a thing.

 

[FatKaz]

The capitalists clowns at UK are crying already:

UK tech scene raises alarm over block to Microsoft-Activision deal

They can all get rekt for all I care. CMA put a stop on their dreams of mass consolidation and market control.
I hope the heat from regulators keep rising. These companies need to be divided and sold to smaller ones.

Not sure if it's the same author, but the financial times said this just before the CMA decision.

although this is likely to prove a damp squib as the CMA is expected to support it

Which ended up completley wrong, lost some credibility there.

Also microsoft were advertising there "bringing COD to 150 million more gamers" bollox on the FT times.

Financial times are clearly doing some shilling here.

 

[Nhomnhom]

At this point ABK and MS could announce they abondoned the deal and we will still have xbox fans holding onto hope the deal passing.

"Now they can make all game exclusives and put them on Gamepass because Activision will be mad at Sony."

Meanwhile, Activision will be pocketing $3B from MS and going back crawling to Sony to negotiate some deals.

 

[ksdixon]

Xbox should go and portable/handheld.

Who here plays over the cloud? To me it fucking sucks and I tried everything even when it works ok it still feels like a lesser experience. As soon as the novelty was over I wanted nothing to do with it.

Me, daily.

After blowing TV up in size for years due to failing eyesight, there are times I feel trapped in the living room and chained to the TV.

After adding a GSTORY TV flip-top screen to the stupidly shaped PS5, like the xScreen for Series S, that's just too cumbersome to move PS5 around on its wobble stand.

Android Gamesir v2 controller-shell next. Software fuckups, had to use PSPlay for remote play as PS RP app wants a PS controller paired. I can play it in the back garden, some lag and pixelation included. It's not great, but I can be out back or in bath or in bed... Annd then the next day it just refuses to log-on. I'm sat in the same spots, etc.

Went further away, used remote play connect rather than local connect, made sure PS5 was on as I walked out the door. Wouldn't work, had to re-download everything of mine on brothers PS4, opposed to being able to interface with my PS5 online in any way. I walked home and PS5 still sat on dashboard, not tripped into some notification message or anything.

Cloud seems to work about as far as half way down my garden, when I'm lucky.

 

[Swift_Star]

Not sure if it's the same author, but the financial times said this just before the CMA decision.

Which ended up completley wrong, lost some credibility there.

Also microsft were advertiisng there "bringing COD to 150 million more games" bollox on the FT times.

Financial time are clearly doing some shilling here.

It's lobbying. MS thinks this will change anything but it's clear it won't.
These sources cannot be trusted at all.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Me, daily.

After blowing TV up in size for years due to failing eyesight, there are times I feel trapped in the living room and chained to the TV.

After adding a GSTORY TV flip-top screen to the stupidly shaped PS5, like the xScreen for Series S, that's just too cumbersome to move PS5 around on its wobble stand.

Android Gamesir v2 controller-shell next. Software fuckups, had to use PSPlay for remote play as PS RP app wants a PS controller paired. I can play it in the back garden, some lag and pixelation included. It's not great, but I can be out back or in bath or in bed... Annd then the next day it just refuses to log-on. I'm sat in the same spots, etc.

Went further away, used remote play connect rather than local connect, made sure PS5 was on as I walked out the door. Wouldn't work, had to re-download everything of mine on brothers PS4, opposed to being able to interface with my PS5 online in any way. I walked home and PS5 still sat on dashboard, not tripped into some notification message or anything.

Cloud seems to work about as far as half way down my garden, when I'm lucky.

Damn, looks like Sony made the Q-lite just for you then.

Every time I tried remote play it sucked, be it the from Steam or PlayStation.